If I understand correctly the standard, http://www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-20-html/node54.htm#Node54
MPI_ALLOC_MEM with size=0 is valid ('size' is a nonnegative integer) Then, using branch v1.2, I've got the following warning at runtime: malloc debug: Request for 0 bytes (base/mpool_base_alloc.c, 194) As always, forget me if this was already reported. Regards, -- Lisandro Dalcín --------------- Centro Internacional de Métodos Computacionales en Ingeniería (CIMEC) Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) PTLC - Güemes 3450, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina Tel/Fax: +54-(0)342-451.1594