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<h1><span class="section-number">4. </span>Exceptions to the PMIx Standard<a class="headerlink" href="#exceptions-to-the-pmix-standard" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>Exceptions to the base PMIx Standard are listed here. These exceptions
are not indicative of any intent to stray
from the Standard, but instead represent the difference between the
pace of development of the library versus the normal Standards
process. Accordingly, it is expected that the exceptions listed below
will make their way into a future release of the PMIx Standard and
then be removed from the list of exceptions in some future OpenPMIx
release.</p>
<div class="section" id="extensions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.1. </span>Extensions<a class="headerlink" href="#extensions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>OpenPMIx v5.0.5 is based on the PMIx 4.2 Standard. In
addition to <em>Extensions</em> to the Standard, this release includes the conversion of
all support macros to PMIx function APIs — e.g., the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_LOAD_PROCID</span></code> macro is now the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIx_Load_procid()</span></code>
function — in accordance with planned changes to the Standard.
The macro versions have been retained as deprecated (without
warnings) for backward compatibility.</p>
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<div class="section" id="qualified-values">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.2. </span>Qualified Values<a class="headerlink" href="#qualified-values" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>OpenPMIx has introduced the concept of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">qualified</span> <span class="pre">values</span></code> to allow users to specify a value combined with one or more qualifiers.</p>
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<div class="section" id="scheduler-integration-apis">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.3. </span>Scheduler Integration APIs<a class="headerlink" href="#scheduler-integration-apis" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Allow a scheduler to direct the resource manager to execute a session-related operation, or allow the resource manager to report a session-related action (e.g., session terminated) to the scheduler:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Session_control</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">uint32_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sessionID</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">directives</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ndirs</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_cbfunc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cbfunc</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">cbdata</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
</ul>
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<h2><span class="section-number">4.4. </span>Tool APIs<a class="headerlink" href="#tool-apis" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
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<li><p>Check if the tool is connected to a PMIx server:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_tool_is_connected</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Allow the tool to register a server function pointer module so it can service client requests:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_tool_set_server_module</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_server_module_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">mod</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
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<h2><span class="section-number">4.5. </span>Utility APIs<a class="headerlink" href="#utility-apis" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Load a key:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Load_key</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_key_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">src</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Check a key:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Check_key</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">str</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Check to see if a key is a “reserved” key:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Check_reserved_key</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Load a string into a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_nspace_t</span></code> struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Load_nspace</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_nspace_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nspace</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">str</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Check two <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nspace</span></code> structs for equality:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Check_nspace</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">key1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">key2</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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</li>
<li><p>Check if a namespace is invalid:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Nspace_invalid</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">nspace</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Load a process ID struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Load_procid</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">ns</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_rank_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rk</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Transfer a process ID struct (non-destructive):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Xfer_procid</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">src</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check two proc IDs for equality:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Check_procid</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check two ranks for equality:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Check_rank</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_rank_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_rank_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check if proc ID is invalid:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Procid_invalid</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="argv-handling">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.6. </span>Argv Handling<a class="headerlink" href="#argv-handling" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Functions for handling of argv arrays (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>-terminated array of strings)</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Count the number of entries</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_count</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Append a string to the array</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_append_nosize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="n">argv</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Prepend a string to the array</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_prepend_nosize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="n">argv</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Append a string to the array, but only if it doesnt already
appear on the array (ignore if it does)</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_append_unique_nosize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="n">argv</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Free an array, including each string on the array</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">argv</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Split a string into an argv array, dividing the string on each occurrence
of the specified delimiter character. Retain empty entries in the array
when more than one copy of the delimiter character appears in a sequence.</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_split_inter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">src_string</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">delimiter</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">include_empty</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Split a string into an argv array, dividing the string on each occurrence
of the specified delimiter character. Retain empty entries in the array
when more than one copy of the delimiter character appears in a sequence.
Acts as a wrapper to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIx_Argv_split_inter</span></code> with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">include_empty</span></code> set
to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_split_with_empty</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">src_string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">delimiter</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Split a string into an argv array, dividing the string on each occurrence
of the specified delimiter character. Discard empty entries in the array
when more than one copy of the delimiter character appears in a sequence.
Acts as a wrapper to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIx_Argv_split_inter</span></code> with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">include_empty</span></code> set
to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">src_string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">delimiter</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Join all the elements of an argv array into a single newly-allocated string,
with the specified delimiter character at the join points.</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">argv</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">delimiter</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Copy a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>-terminated argv array.</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="nf">PMIx_Argv_copy</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">argv</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul>
<li><p>Set environment variable:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Setenv</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">overwrite</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="n">env</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="value-struct-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.7. </span>Value Struct Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#value-struct-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a value struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">val</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a value struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">val</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of value structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of coord structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check the given value struct to determine if it includes a boolean
value (includes strings for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code>, including
abbreviations such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">t</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f</span></code>), and if so, then its value. A
value type of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_UNDEF</span></code> is taken to imply a boolean <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code>.</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_boolean_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_true</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Compare the contents of two <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_t</span></code> structures:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_value_cmp_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_compare</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Get the size of the contents of a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_t</span></code> structure:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_get_size</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">val</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="data-array-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.8. </span>Data Array Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#data-array-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Construct a data array object, allocating the memory for the indicated
number of the specified data type. Memory for the provided data array
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_array_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_array_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">num</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_data_type_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Initialize the fields of a data array object without allocating any
memory for the included array:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_array_init</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_array_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_data_type_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Destroy a data array object, releasing all memory included in it:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_array_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_array_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_array_t</span></code> structure, allocating the
memory for the indicated number of the specified data type as well as
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_array_t</span></code> object itself:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_data_array_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_array_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_data_type_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_array_t</span></code> structure (does not free
the provided <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_array_t</span></code> object itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_array_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_array_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="info-struct-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.9. </span>Info Struct Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#info-struct-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize an info struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an info struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of info structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of coord structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check the given info struct to determine if it includes
a boolean value (includes strings for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code>,
including abbreviations such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">t</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f</span></code>), and if so,
then its value. A value type of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_UNDEF</span></code> is taken to imply
a boolean <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code> as the presence of the key defaults to
indicating <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code>.</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_boolean_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_true</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Mark the info struct as required:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_required</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Mark the info struct as optional:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_optional</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check if the info struct is required:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_is_required</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check if the info struct is optional:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_is_optional</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Mark the info struct as processed:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_processed</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check if the info struct has been processed:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_was_processed</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Mark the info struct as the end of an array:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_set_end</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check if the info struct is the end of an array:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_is_end</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Mark the info as a qualifier:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_qualifier</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check if the info struct is a qualifier:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_is_qualifier</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Mark the info struct as persistent — do <em>not</em> release its contents:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_persistent</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Check if the info struct is persistent:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_is_persistent</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Get the size of a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> structure:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_get_size</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">val</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="coordinate-struct-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.10. </span>Coordinate Struct Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#coordinate-struct-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a coord struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Coord_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_coord_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a coord struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Coord_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_coord_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of coord structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_coord_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Coord_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">dims</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">number</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of coord structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Coord_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_coord_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">number</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="topology-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.11. </span>Topology Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#topology-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a topology struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Topology_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_topology_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of topology structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_topology_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Topology_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of topology structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Topology_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_topology_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="cpuset-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.12. </span>Cpuset Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#cpuset-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a cpuset struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Cpuset_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_cpuset_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">cpuset</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a cpuset struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Cpuset_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_cpuset_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">cpuset</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of cpuset structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_cpuset_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Cpuset_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of cpuset structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Cpuset_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_cpuset_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="geometry-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.13. </span>Geometry Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#geometry-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a geometry struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Geometry_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_geometry_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">g</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a cpuset struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Geometry_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_geometry_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">g</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of cpuset structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_geometry_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Geometry_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of cpuset structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Geometry_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_geometry_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">g</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="device-distance-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.14. </span>Device Distance Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#device-distance-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a device distance struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Device_distance_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_device_distance_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a device distance struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Device_distance_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_device_distance_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of device distance structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_device_distance_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Device_distance_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of device distance structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Device_distance_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_device_distance_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="byte-object-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.15. </span>Byte Object Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#byte-object-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a byte object struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Byte_object_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_byte_object_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a byte object struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Byte_object_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_byte_object_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">g</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of byte object structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_byte_object_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Byte_object_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of byte object structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Byte_object_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_byte_object_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">g</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Load a byte object:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Byte_object_load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_byte_object_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sz</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="endpoint-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.16. </span>Endpoint Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#endpoint-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize an endpoint struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Endpoint_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_endpoint_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an endpoint struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Endpoint_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_endpoint_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of endpoint structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_endpoint_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Endpoint_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of endpoint structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Endpoint_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_endpoint_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="envar-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.17. </span>Envar Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#envar-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize an envar struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Envar_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_envar_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an envar struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Envar_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_envar_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of envar structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_envar_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Envar_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of envar structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Envar_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_envar_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Load an envar struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Envar_load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_envar_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">var</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">separator</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="data-buffer-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.18. </span>Data Buffer Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#data-buffer-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a data buffer struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_buffer_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_buffer_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a data buffer struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_buffer_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_buffer_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create a data buffer struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_data_buffer_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_buffer_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a data buffer struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_buffer_release</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_buffer_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Load a data buffer struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_buffer_load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_buffer_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sz</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Unload a data buffer struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Data_buffer_unload</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_data_buffer_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">sz</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="proc-struct-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.19. </span>Proc Struct Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#proc-struct-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a proc struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Clear memory inside a proc struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of proc structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of proc structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Load a proc struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">nspace</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_rank_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rank</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Construct a multicluster <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nspace</span></code> struct from cluster and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nspace</span></code> values:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Multicluster_nspace_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_nspace_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">target</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_nspace_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cluster</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_nspace_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nspace</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Parse a multicluster nspace struct to separate out the cluster
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nspace</span></code> portions:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Multicluster_nspace_parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_nspace_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">target</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_nspace_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cluster</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_nspace_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nspace</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="proc-info-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.20. </span>Proc Info Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#proc-info-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a proc info struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_info_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Clear memory inside a proc info struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_info_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of proc info structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_proc_info_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_info_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of proc info structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_info_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="proc-stats-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.21. </span>Proc Stats Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#proc-stats-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a proc stats struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_stats_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Clear memory inside a proc stats struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_stats_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of proc stats structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_proc_stats_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_stats_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of proc stats structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Proc_stats_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_proc_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="disk-stats-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.22. </span>Disk Stats Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#disk-stats-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a disk stats struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Disk_stats_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_disk_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Clear memory inside a disk stats struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Disk_stats_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_disk_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of disk stats structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_disk_stats_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Disk_stats_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of disk stats structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Disk_stats_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_disk_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="net-stats-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.23. </span>Net Stats Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#net-stats-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a net stats struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Net_stats_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_net_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Clear memory inside a net stats struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Net_stats_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_net_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of net stats structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_net_stats_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Net_stats_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of net stats structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Net_stats_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_net_stats_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="process-data-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.24. </span>Process Data Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#process-data-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a pdata struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Pdata_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_pdata_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Clear memory inside a pdata struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Pdata_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_pdata_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of pdata structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_pdata_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Pdata_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of pdata structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Pdata_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_pdata_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="app-struct-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.25. </span>App Struct Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#app-struct-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Initialize a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_app_t</span></code> struct. Memory for the provided
object must have previously been allocated or statically declared:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_App_construct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_app_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Clear memory inside an app struct:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_App_destruct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_app_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of app structs:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_app_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_App_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Create and initialize an array of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> structs
in the provided <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_app_t</span></code> object:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_App_info_create</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_app_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside an array of app structs (does
not free the struct memory itself):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_App_free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_app_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Free memory stored inside a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_app_t</span></code> object</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_App_release</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_app_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pmix-info-list-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.26. </span>PMIx Info List Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#pmix-info-list-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Constructing arrays of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> for passing to an API can
be tedious since the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> itself is not a “list object”.
Since this is a very frequent operation, a set of APIs has been
provided that opaquely manipulates internal PMIx list structures
for this purpose. The user only need provide a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">void*</span></code> pointer to
act as the caddy for the internal list object. The base functions
for these operations are in the Standard, but the following functions
have been added here:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Retrieve the next <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> from the provided list, given
the current pointer. Passing a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">prev</span></code> parameter
will return the first object on the list. A <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> is returned
upon reaching the end of the list:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_list_get_info</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">ptr</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">prev</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">next</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote>
</li>
<li><p>Insert a <cite>pmix_info_t`</cite> struct into the provided list. This directly
copies the contents of the provided <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> struct, preserving
any included pointers. The object on the list is subsequently marked
as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">persistent</span></code> to avoid freeing any objects pointed to in the struct:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_list_insert</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">ptr</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote>
</li>
<li><p>Prepend a value onto the provided list:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_list_prepend</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">ptr</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_data_type_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pretty-print-functions">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.27. </span>Pretty-Print Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#pretty-print-functions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>The following pretty-print support APIs have been added:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Print a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_cmp_t</span></code> value</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_comparison_string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pmix_value_cmp_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cmp</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Print the contents of a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_app_t</span></code> struct. Note that the returned
string must be freed by the caller:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_App_string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_app_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">app</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The following pretty-print support APIs have been slightly modified
to add a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">const</span></code> qualifier to their input parameter:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Get_attribute_string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">attribute</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Get_attribute_name</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">attrstring</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="kt">char</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Info_string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="kt">char</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Value_string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_value_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>This is not expected to cause any issues for users.</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p>The following function has been added to return the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_status_t</span></code>
corresponding to the string name of the constant:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Error_code</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">errname</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote>
</div>
<div class="section" id="constants">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.28. </span>Constants<a class="headerlink" href="#constants" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DATA_BUFFER</span></code>: data type for packing/unpacking of
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_buffer_t</span></code> objects</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISK_STATS</span></code>: data type for packing/unpacking of
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_disk_stats_t</span></code> objects</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NET_STATS</span></code>: data type for packing/unpacking of
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_net_stats_t</span></code> objects</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NODE_STATS</span></code>: data type for packing/unpacking of
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_node_stats_t</span></code> objects</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_PROC_STATS</span></code>: data type for packing/unpacking of
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_proc_stats_t</span></code> objects</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_JOB_EXE_NOT_FOUND</span></code>: specified executable not found</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_JOB_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES</span></code>: insufficient resources to
spawn job</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_JOB_SYS_OP_FAILED</span></code>: system library operation failed</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_JOB_WDIR_NOT_FOUND</span></code>: specified working directory not
found</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_READY_FOR_DEBUG</span></code>: event indicating job/proc is ready for
debug (accompanied by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_BREAKPOINT</span></code> indicating where proc is
waiting)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_PROC_REQUESTED_ABORT</span></code>: process called <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIx_Abort</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_PROC_KILLED_BY_CMD</span></code>: process was terminated by RTE
command</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_PROC_FAILED_TO_START</span></code>: process failed to start</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_PROC_ABORTED_BY_SIG</span></code>: process aborted by signal (e.g.,
segmentation fault)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_PROC_SENSOR_BOUND_EXCEEDED</span></code>: process terminated due to
exceeding a sensor boundary</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ERR_EXIT_NONZERO_TERM</span></code>: process exited normally, but with a
non-zero status</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_INFO_QUALIFIER</span></code> (value: 0x00000008): Info is a qualifier to the primary value</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_INFO_PERSISTENT</span></code> (value: 0x00000010): Do not release included value</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>OpenPMIx version v5.0.5 renamed the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DEBUG_WAIT_FOR_NOTIFY</span></code>
to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_READY_FOR_DEBUG</span></code>. The prior name is retained as deprecated
for backward compatibility.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="attributes">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.29. </span>Attributes<a class="headerlink" href="#attributes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<table class="docutils align-default">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Attribute</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Type</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_EXTERNAL_AUX_EVENT_BASE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;pmix.evaux&quot;</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(void*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>event base to be used for auxiliary
functions (e.g., capturing signals) that would
otherwise interfere with the
host</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_CONNECT_TO_SCHEDULER</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;pmix.cnct.sched&quot;</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Connect to the system scheduler</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_BIND_PROGRESS_THREAD</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;pmix.bind.pt&quot;</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Comma-delimited ranges of CPUs
that the internal PMIx progress
thread shall be bound to</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_BIND_REQUIRED</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;pmix.bind.reqd&quot;</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Return error if the internal PMIx
progress thread cannot be bound</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_COLOCATE_PROCS</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;pmix.colproc&quot;</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(pmix_data_array_t*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Array of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_proc_t</span></code> identifying the
procs with which the new jobs procs
are to be colocated</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_COLOCATE_NPERPROC</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;pmix.colnum.proc&quot;</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(uint16_t)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Number of procs to colocate with
each identified proc</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_COLOCATE_NPERNODE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;pmix.colnum.node&quot;</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(uint16_t)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Number of procs to colocate on the
node of each identified proc</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_EVENT_ONESHOT</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.evone</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>when registering, indicate that this
event handler is to be deleted after
being invoked</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_GROUP_ADD_MEMBERS</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.grp.add</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(pmix_data_array_t*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Array of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_proc_t</span></code> identifying
procs that are not included in the
membership specified in the procs
array passed to the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIx_Group_construct[_nb]()</span></code> call,
but are to be included in the final
group. The identified procs will be
sent an invitation to join the group
during the construction procedure.
This is used when some members of
the proposed group do not know the
full membership and therefore cannot
include all members in the call to
construct.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_GROUP_LOCAL_CID</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.grp.lclid</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(size_t)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Local context ID for the specified
process member of a group</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_GROUP_INFO</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.grp.info</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_array_t</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Array of pmix_info_t containing data
that is to be shared across all
members of a group during group
construction</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_IOF_TAG_DETAILED_OUTPUT</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.iof.tagdet</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Tag output with the
[local jobid,rank][hostname:pid]
and channel it comes from</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_IOF_TAG_FULLNAME_OUTPUT</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.iof.tagfull</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Tag output with the [nspace,rank]
and channel it comes from</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_LOG_AGG</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.log.agg</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Whether to aggregate and prevent
duplicate logging messages based
on key value pairs.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_LOG_KEY</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.log.key</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>key to a logging message</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_LOG_VAL</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.log.val</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>value to a logging message</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_MYSERVER_URI</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.mysrvr.uri</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>URI of this procs listener socket</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_QUALIFIED_VALUE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.qual.val</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(pmix_data_array_t*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Value being provided consists of the
primary key-value pair in first position,
followed by one or more key-value
qualifiers to be used when
subsequently retrieving the primary
value</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_WDIR_USER_SPECIFIED</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.wdir.user</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>User specified the working directory</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_RUNTIME_OPTIONS</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.runopt</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Environment-specific runtime
directives that control job behavior</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ABORT_NON_ZERO_TERM</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.abnz</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Abort the spawned job if any process
terminates with non-zero status</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DO_NOT_LAUNCH</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.dnl</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Execute all procedures to prepare the
requested job for launch, but do not
launch it. Typically combined with the
PMIX_DISPLAY_MAP or
PMIX_DISPLAY_MAP_DETAILED for
debugging purposes.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SHOW_LAUNCH_PROGRESS</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.showprog</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Provide periodic progress reports on
job launch procedure (e.g., after
every 100 processes have been
spawned)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_AGGREGATE_HELP</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.agg.help</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Aggregate help messages, reporting
each unique help message once
accompanied by the number of
processes that reported it</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_REPORT_CHILD_SEP</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.rptchildsep</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Report the exit status of any child
jobs spawned by the primary job
separately. If false, then the final
exit status reported will be zero if the
primary job and all spawned jobs exit
normally, or the first non-zero status
returned by either primary or child
jobs.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISPLAY_MAP_DETAILED</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.dispmapdet</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>display a highly detailed placement
map upon spawn</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISPLAY_ALLOCATION</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.dispalloc</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>display the resource allocation</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISPLAY_TOPOLOGY</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.disptopo</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>comma-delimited list of hosts whose
topology is to be displayed</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISPLAY_PROCESSORS</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.dispcpus</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>comma-delimited list of hosts whose
available CPUs are to be displayed</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISPLAY_PARSEABLE_OUTPUT</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.dispparse</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>display requested info in a format
more amenable to machine parsing</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SORTED_PROC_ARRAY</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.sorted.parr</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Proc array being passed has been
sorted</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_QUERY_PROVISIONAL_ABI_VERSION</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.qry.prabiver</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>The PMIx Standard Provisional ABI
version(s) supported, returned in the
form of a comma separated list of
“MAJOR.MINOR” pairs</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_QUERY_STABLE_ABI_VERSION</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.qry.stabiver</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>The PMIx Standard Stable ABI
version(s) supported, returned in the
form of a comma separated list of
“MAJOR.MINOR” pairs</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The attribute <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DEBUG_STOP_IN_APP</span></code> has been modified
to only support a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_BOOL</span></code> value instead of an optional
array of ranks due to questions over the use-case calling
for stopping a subset of a jobs processes while allowing
others to run “free”.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="datatypes">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.30. </span>Datatypes<a class="headerlink" href="#datatypes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_cmp_t</span></code>: an enum indicating the relative value of
two <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_t</span> <span class="pre">objects</span></code>. Values include:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_EQUAL</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_VALUE1_GREATER</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_VALUE2_GREATER</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_VALUE_TYPE_DIFFERENT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_VALUE_INCOMPATIBLE_OBJECTS</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_VALUE_COMPARISON_NOT_AVAIL</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_boolean_t</span></code>: an enum indicating boolean state of a
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_t</span></code> (possibly contained in a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> object):</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_BOOL_TRUE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_BOOL_FALSE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NON_BOOL</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_disk_stats_t</span></code>: contains statistics on disk read/write operations</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_net_stats_t</span></code>: contains statistics on network activity</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_node_stats_t</span></code>: contains statistics on node resource usage</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_proc_stats_t</span></code>: contains statistics on process resource usage</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="section" id="datatype-static-initializers">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.30.1. </span>Datatype static initializers<a class="headerlink" href="#datatype-static-initializers" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>Static initializers were added for each complex data type (i.e., a data type
defined as a struct). Most are contained in the Standard, but the following
extensions have been provided:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_PROC_STATS_STATIC_INIT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISK_STATS_STATIC_INIT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NET_STATS_STATIC_INIT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NODE_STATS_STATIC_INIT</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="macros">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.31. </span>Macros<a class="headerlink" href="#macros" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Although the convenience macros have been deprecated, several were
added (in deprecated form) that previously were missing. These
are added for symmetry to support those who continue to use
the macros, and include:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_XFER_PROCID</span></code>: transfer a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_proc_t</span></code> to another one
(non-destructive copy)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_INFO_SET_END</span></code>: mark this <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> as being at the end
of an array</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_INFO_SET_PERSISTENT</span></code>: mark that the data in this
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> is not to be released by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_Info_destruct()</span></code> (or its
macro form)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_INFO_SET_QUALIFIER</span></code>: mark this <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> as a qualifier to the
primary key</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_INFO_IS_PERSISTENT</span></code>: test if this <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> has been marked as persistent</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_INFO_IS_QUALIFIER</span></code>: test if this <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> has been marked as a qualifier</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DATA_ARRAY_INIT</span></code>: initialize a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_array_t</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_CHECK_TRUE</span></code>: check if a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_t</span></code> is boolean <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code> (supports
string as well as traditional boolean values)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_CHECK_BOOL</span></code>: check if a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_value_t</span></code> is a boolean value (supports
string as well as traditional boolean values)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Macros supporting <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_disk_stats_t</span></code> objects:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISK_STATS_CONSTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISK_STATS_CREATE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISK_STATS_DESTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISK_STATS_FREE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_DISK_STATS_RELEASE</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Macros supporting <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_net_stats_t</span></code> objects:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NET_STATS_CONSTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NET_STATS_CREATE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NET_STATS_DESTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NET_STATS_FREE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NET_STATS_RELEASE</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Macros supporting <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_node_stats_t</span></code> objects:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NODE_STATS_CONSTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NODE_STATS_CREATE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NODE_STATS_DESTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NODE_STATS_RELEASE</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Macros supporting <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_proc_stats_t</span></code> objects:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_PROC_STATS_CONSTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_PROC_STATS_CREATE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_PROC_STATS_DESTRUCT</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_PROC_STATS_FREE</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_PROC_STATS_RELEASE</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="scheduler-integration">
<h2><span class="section-number">4.32. </span>Scheduler Integration<a class="headerlink" href="#scheduler-integration" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>OpenPMIx has taken some initial steps towards supporting the
integration of schedulers to runtime environments (RTEs) using
PMIx as the middleware. Supporting definitions will continue
to be added going forward. This section describes the current
state of those definitions.</p>
<div class="section" id="session-control-function">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.32.1. </span>Session Control Function<a class="headerlink" href="#session-control-function" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>Used by the scheduler to request a session control action by the RTE - e.g.,
setup a session (allocate the specified nodes to the new session,
provision the nodes with the specified image,
setup a user-level DVM across those nodes, and startup the given
application under control of that DVM). In addition to setting
up a new session, the function can be called to direct that a
currently executing session be preempted or terminated.
The sessionID identifies the
session to which the specified control action is to be applied. A
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UINT32_MAX</span></code> value can be used to indicate all sessions under the
callers control.</p>
<p>Also used by the RTE to report a change in session state - e.g.,
that the session has completed
The directives are provided as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> structs in the
directives array. The callback function provides a status to
indicate whether or not the request was granted, and to provide some
information as to the reason for any denial in the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_cbfunc_t</span></code> array of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> structures. If
non-<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>, then the specified release_fn must be called when the
callback function completes — this will be used to release any
provided <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> array.</p>
<p>Passing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> as the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cbfunc</span></code> to this call indicates that it shall
be treated as a blocking operation, with the return status
indicative of the overall operations completion.</p>
<blockquote>
<div><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PMIx_Session_control</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">uint32_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sessionID</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">directives</span><span class="p">[],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ndirs</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_cbfunc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cbfunc</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">cbdata</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote>
</div>
<div class="section" id="session-control-attributes">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.32.2. </span>Session Control Attributes<a class="headerlink" href="#session-control-attributes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>Schedulers calling to create a session are required to provide:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>the effective userID and groupID that the session should have
when instantiated.</p></li>
<li><p>description of the resources that are to be included in the session</p></li>
<li><p>if applicable, the image that should be provisioned on nodes
included in the session</p></li>
<li><p>an array of applications (if any) that are to be started in the
session once instantiated</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Attributes supported by this API when called by the scheduler include:</p>
<table class="docutils align-default">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Attribute</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Type</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_APP</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.app</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(pmix_data_array_t*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Array of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_app_t</span></code> to be executed
in the assigned session upon session
instantiation</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_PROVISION</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.pvn</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(pmix_data_array_t*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>description of nodes to be
provisioned with specified image</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_PROVISION_NODES</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.pvnnds</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>regex identifying nodes that are to be
provisioned</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_PROVISION_IMAGE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.pvnimg</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>name of the image that is to be
provisioned</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_PAUSE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.pause</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>pause all jobs in the specified session</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_RESUME</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.resume</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>“un-pause” all jobs in the specified session</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_TERMINATE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.terminate</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>terminate all jobs in the specified
session and recover all resources
included in the session.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_PREEMPT</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.preempt</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>preempt indicated jobs (given in
accompanying <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> via the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NSPACE</span></code> attribute) in the specified
session and recover all their resources. If
no <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NSPACE</span></code> is specified, then preempt
all jobs in the session.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_RESTORE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.restore</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>restore indicated jobs (given in
accompanying <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> via the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NSPACE</span></code> attribute) in the specified
session, including all their resources. If
no <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NSPACE</span></code> is specified, then restore
all jobs in the session.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_SIGNAL</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.sig</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(int)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>send given signal to all processes of every
job in the session</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Attributes supported by this API when called by the RTE include:</p>
<table class="docutils align-default">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Attribute</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Type</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_COMPLETE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssn.complete</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>specified session has completed, all resources have been
recovered and are available for scheduling. Must include
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code> indicating ID and returned status of any jobs
executing in the session.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="section" id="server-module-function-pointers">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.32.3. </span>Server module function pointers<a class="headerlink" href="#server-module-function-pointers" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The PMIx server module was extended to include the following interface
that is used by the PMIx server to pass control requests received
by the RTE from the scheduler. These include requests to establish
a newly allocated session, preempt jobs, etc. A <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UINT32_MAX</span></code> value
for the sessionID indicates that the specified action shall be
applied to all currently existing sessions.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Provide a session control operation request</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">typedef</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_status_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">pmix_server_session_control_fn_t</span><span class="p">)(</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_proc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">requestor</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">uint32_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sessionID</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">directives</span><span class="p">[],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">size_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ndirs</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pmix_info_cbfunc_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cbfunc</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">cbdata</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="server-module-attributes">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.32.4. </span>Server module attributes<a class="headerlink" href="#server-module-attributes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>A number of allocation related attributes have already been defined
in the Standard. These can be used to describe the request (e.g., the
resources to be included in the session). The following
attribute has been added to that list:</p>
<table class="docutils align-default">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Attribute</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Type</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_SESSION_CTRL_ID</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.ssnctrl.id</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(char*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>provide a string identifier for this request.
This identifier shall be included
in all subsequent interactions relating to
the request.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="section" id="scheduler-query-attributes">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.32.5. </span>Scheduler query attributes<a class="headerlink" href="#scheduler-query-attributes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The scheduler typically discovers its available resources
by querying the RTE for a list of them. The following
attributes augment those already in the Standard to support
the query:</p>
<table class="docutils align-default">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
<col style="width: 33%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Attribute</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Type</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_QUERY_ALLOCATION</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.query.allc</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(pmix_data_array_t*)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>returns an array of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code>
describing the nodes known to the
server. Each array element will consist
of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_NODE_INFO</span></code> key containing
a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_data_array_t</span></code> of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix_info_t</span></code>.
The first element of the array must be
the hostname of that node, with
additional info on the node in
subsequent entries.
SUPPORTED_QUALIFIER: a
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ALLOC_ID</span></code> qualifier indicating
the specific allocation of interest</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_TOPOLOGY_INDEX</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.topo.index</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(int)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>index of a topology in a storage array. Used
when returning an allocation to avoid duplicate
topology information - the RTE can return an array
of topologies and then indicate the index
to the topology as part of each node entry.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<div class="section" id="allocation-attributes">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.32.6. </span>Allocation attributes<a class="headerlink" href="#allocation-attributes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>A number of allocation related attributes have already been defined
in the Standard. These can be used to describe the request (e.g., the
number and type of resources being requested). The following
attribute has been added to that list:</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Attribute</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Type</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
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</thead>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ALLOC_PREEMPTIBLE</span></code> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pmix.alloc.preempt</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(bool)</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>by default, all jobs in the resulting
allocation are to be considered
preemptible (can be overridden at
per-job level)</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<div class="section" id="allocation-directive-values">
<h3><span class="section-number">4.32.7. </span>Allocation directive values<a class="headerlink" href="#allocation-directive-values" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIx_Allocation_request</span></code> API includes a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">directive</span></code> parameter to
specify the operation being requested. These values were extended to include:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PMIX_ALLOC_REQ_CANCEL</span></code> (value: 5): Cancel the indicated allocation request</p></li>
</ul>
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