MPI_GRAPH_GET(3)				     Open MPI					  MPI_GRAPH_GET(3)

MPI_Graph_get — Retrieves graph topology information associated with a communicator.

SYNTAX
   C Syntax
	  #include <mpi.h>

	  int MPI_Graph_get(MPI_Comm comm, int maxindex, int maxedges,
	      int index[], int edges[])

   Fortran Syntax
	  USE MPI
	  ! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'

	  MPI_GRAPH_GET(COMM, MAXINDEX, MAXEDGES, INDEX, EDGES, IERROR)
	      INTEGER COMM, MAXINDEX, MAXEDGES, INDEX(*)
	      INTEGER EDGES(*), IERROR

   Fortran 2008 Syntax
	  USE mpi_f08

	  MPI_Graph_get(comm, maxindex, maxedges, index, edges, ierror)
	      TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(IN) :: comm
	      INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: maxindex, maxedges
	      INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: index(maxindex), edges(maxedges)
	      INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

INPUT PARAMETERS
       • comm : Communicator with graph structure (handle).

       • maxindex : Length of vector index in the calling program (integer).

       • maxedges : Length of vector edges in the calling program (integer).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       •

	 index (Array of integers containing the graph structure (for details)
		see the definition of MPI_Graph_create).

       • edges : Array of integers containing the graph structure.

       • ierror : Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION
       Functions  MPI_Graphdims_get <#mpi-graphdims-get> and MPI_Graph_get retrieve the graph-topology information
       that was associated with a communicator by MPI_Graph_create <#mpi-graph-create>.

       The information provided by MPI_Graphdims_get <#mpi-graphdims-get> can be used  to  dimension  the  vectors
       index and edges correctly for a call to MPI_Graph_get.

ERRORS
       Almost  all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the return result of the function and Fortran
       routines in the last argument.

       Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler associated with the communication  object
       (e.g.,  communicator, window, file) is called.  If no communication object is associated with the MPI call,
       then the call is considered attached to MPI_COMM_SELF and will call the associated MPI error handler.  When
       MPI_COMM_SELF  is  not  initialized  (i.e., before MPI_Init <#mpi-init>/MPI_Init_thread <#mpi-init-thread>,
       after MPI_Finalize <#mpi-finalize>, or when using the Sessions Model  exclusively)  the	error  raises  the
       initial	error  handler.	 The  initial  error  handler can be changed by calling MPI_Comm_set_errhandler <#
       mpi-comm-set-errhandler> on MPI_COMM_SELF when using the World model,  or  the  mpi_initial_errhandler  CLI
       argument	  to   mpiexec	 or   info  key	 to  MPI_Comm_spawn  <#mpi-comm-spawn>/MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple	<#
       mpi-comm-spawn-multiple>.  If no other appropriate error handler has been set, then  the	 MPI_ERRORS_RETURN
       error  handler  is  called  for	MPI I/O functions and the MPI_ERRORS_ABORT error handler is called for all
       other MPI functions.

       Open MPI includes three predefined error handlers that can be used:

       • MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL Causes the program to abort all connected MPI processes.

       • MPI_ERRORS_ABORT An error handler that can be invoked on a communicator, window, file, or  session.  When
	 called on a communicator, it acts as if MPI_Abort <#mpi-abort> was called on that communicator. If called
	 on  a window or file, acts as if MPI_Abort <#mpi-abort> was called on a communicator containing the group
	 of processes in the corresponding window or file. If called on a session, aborts only the local process.

       • MPI_ERRORS_RETURN Returns an error code to the application.

       MPI applications can also implement their own error handlers by calling:

       • MPI_Comm_create_errhandler	<#mpi-comm-create-errhandler>	  then	   MPI_Comm_set_errhandler	<#
	 mpi-comm-set-errhandler>

       • MPI_File_create_errhandler	 <#mpi-file-create-errhandler>	   then	    MPI_File_set_errhandler	<#
	 mpi-file-set-errhandler>

       • MPI_Session_create_errhandler	 <#mpi-session-create-errhandler>   then   MPI_Session_set_errhandler	<#
	 mpi-session-set-errhandler> or at MPI_Session_init <#mpi-session-init>

       • MPI_Win_create_errhandler	<#mpi-win-create-errhandler>	  then	    MPI_Win_set_errhandler	<#
	 mpi-win-set-errhandler>

       Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

       See the MPI man page <#open-mpi> for a full list of MPI error codes <#open-mpi-errors>.

       See the Error Handling section of the MPI-3.1 standard for more information.

       See also:
	  MPI_Graph_create <#mpi-graph-create>

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       2003-2026, The Open MPI Community

						   Mar 05, 2026					  MPI_GRAPH_GET(3)
