Re: more non-blocking collective discussion

Raja Daoud (raja@tbag.rsn.hp.com)
Thu, 06 Feb 1997 23:51:06 CST

>> But it can be a mechanism like IPROBE!
>> Is this an idea worth to think about a little bit more?
>
> Agreed. We need to have
> such a mechanism. Based on previous discussion about
> IPROBE and company, I think the right approach
> is something like MPI_TRYACCEPT, which is basically

This is nice as long as there is no try_connect to go along with it.
Otherwise, if a try_connect and a try_accept are hoping to synchronize,
it may take a while. :-) Same scenario with a blocking connect and
a collective try_accept that can only succeed if all acceptors are
"there" as well.

--Raja

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Raja Daoud Hewlett-Packard Co.
raja@rsn.hp.com Convex Division