MPI_TYPE_SIZE(3)				     Open MPI					  MPI_TYPE_SIZE(3)

MPI_Type_size,	MPI_Type_size_x	 <#mpi-type-size-x>  -	Returns	 the number of bytes occupied by entries in a data
type.

SYNTAX
   C Syntax
	  #include <mpi.h>

	  int MPI_Type_size(MPI_Datatype datatype, int *size)
	  int MPI_Type_size_x(MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Count *size)

   Fortran Syntax
	  USE MPI
	  ! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
	  MPI_TYPE_SIZE(DATATYPE, SIZE, IERROR)
	       INTEGER DATATYPE, SIZE, IERROR
	  MPI_TYPE_SIZE_X(DATATYPE, SIZE, IERROR)
	       INTEGER DATATYPE
		  INTEGER(KIND=MPI_COUNT_KIND) SIZE
		  INTEGER IERROR

   Fortran 2008 Syntax
	  USE mpi_f08
	  MPI_Type_size(datatype, size, ierror)
	       TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: datatype
	       INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: size
	       INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror
	  MPI_Type_size_x(datatype, size, ierror)
	       TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: datatype
	       INTEGER(KIND=MPI_COUNT_KIND), INTENT(OUT) :: size
	       INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

INPUT PARAMETER
       • datatype: Datatype (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       • size: Datatype size (integer).

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

DESCRIPTION
       MPI_Type_size returns the total size, in bytes, of the  entries	in  the	 type  signature  associated  with
       datatype;  i.e.,	 the total size of the data in a message that would be created with this datatype. Entries
       that occur multiple times in the datatype are counted with their multiplicity. For either function, if  the
       size  parameter	cannot	express	 the value to be returned (e.g., if the parameter is too small to hold the
       output value), it is set to MPI_UNDEFINED.

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.

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       2003-2026, The Open MPI Community

						   Mar 05, 2026					  MPI_TYPE_SIZE(3)
