.. _mpi_bsend:

MPI_Bsend
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:ref:`MPI_Bsend` |mdash| Basic send with user-specified buffering.

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INPUT PARAMETERS
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* ``buf`` : Initial address of send buffer (choice).
* ``count`` : Number of entries in send buffer (nonnegative integer).
* ``datatype`` : Datatype of each send buffer element (handle).
* ``dest`` : Rank of destination (integer).
* ``tag`` : Message tag (integer).
* ``comm`` : Communicator (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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* ``ierror`` : Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION
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:ref:`MPI_Bsend` performs a buffered-mode, blocking send.

NOTES
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This send is provided as a convenience function; it allows the user to
send messages without worrying about where they are buffered (because
the user must have provided buffer space with :ref:`MPI_Buffer_attach`).

In deciding how much buffer space to allocate, remember that the buffer
space is not available for reuse by subsequent :ref:`MPI_Bsend`\ s unless
you are certain that the message has been received (not just that it
should have been received). For example, this code does not allocate
enough buffer space:

.. code-block:: c

   MPI_Buffer_attach( b, n*sizeof(double) + MPI_BSEND_OVERHEAD );
   for (i=0; i<m; i++) {
       MPI_Bsend( buf, n, MPI_DOUBLE, ... );
   }

because only enough buffer space is provided for a single send, and the
loop may start a second ``MPI_Bsend`` before the first is done making
use of the buffer.

In C, you can force the messages to be delivered by
``MPI_Buffer_detach( &b, &n );`` ``MPI_Buffer_attach( b, n );`` (The
``MPI_Buffer_detach`` will not complete until all buffered messages are
delivered.)

ERRORS
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