Ralph, This function now belong to our svn history, and will therefore be resurrected as soon as the need for it become essential. Until then, there is no real value of having such a function.
George. On Jan 4, 2013, at 22:08 , Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote: > I guess it's actually the "recv_string_pointer" function that is used for > this purpose, but I'd rather not just willy-nilly prune functions out of the > code base because they aren't currently used. If we apply that criteria, a > lot of functions that are there for future and/or historical reasons would be > eliminated - and eventually likely restored. > > I don't see how this function hurt anyone - other than esthetics, is there a > reason why this particular function must be removed? > > > On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote: > >> Whoa - that function is used, I believe, to retrieve the pointer to the >> hostname info in the ompi_proc_t >> >> >> On Jan 4, 2013, at 12:50 PM, svn-commit-mai...@open-mpi.org wrote: >> >>> Author: bosilca (George Bosilca) >>> Date: 2013-01-04 15:50:25 EST (Fri, 04 Jan 2013) >>> New Revision: 27744 >>> URL: https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/changeset/27744 >>> >>> Log: >>> Remove the unnecessary ompi_modex_recv_pointer function. >>> >>> Text files modified: >>> trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.c | 22 ---------------------- >>> >>> trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.h | 5 ----- >>> >>> 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) >>> >>> Modified: trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.c >>> ============================================================================== >>> --- trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.c Fri Jan 4 15:47:25 >>> 2013 (r27743) >>> +++ trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.c 2013-01-04 15:50:25 EST >>> (Fri, 04 Jan 2013) (r27744) >>> @@ -90,28 +90,6 @@ >>> return rc; >>> } >>> >>> -/* return a pointer to the data, but don't create a new copy of it */ >>> -int ompi_modex_recv_pointer(const mca_base_component_t *component, >>> - const ompi_proc_t *proc, >>> - void **buffer, opal_data_type_t type) >>> -{ >>> - int rc; >>> - char *name = mca_base_component_to_string(component); >>> - >>> - /* set defaults */ >>> - *buffer = NULL; >>> - >>> - if (NULL == name) { >>> - return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE; >>> - } >>> - >>> - /* the fetch_poointer API returns a pointer to the data */ >>> - rc = orte_db.fetch_pointer(&proc->proc_name, name, buffer, type); >>> - free(name); >>> - >>> - return rc; >>> -} >>> - >>> int >>> ompi_modex_send_string(const char* key, >>> const void *buffer, size_t size) >>> >>> Modified: trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.h >>> ============================================================================== >>> --- trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.h Fri Jan 4 15:47:25 >>> 2013 (r27743) >>> +++ trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_module_exchange.h 2013-01-04 15:50:25 EST >>> (Fri, 04 Jan 2013) (r27744) >>> @@ -191,11 +191,6 @@ >>> const ompi_proc_t *source_proc, >>> void **buffer, size_t *size); >>> >>> - >>> -OMPI_DECLSPEC int ompi_modex_recv_pointer(const mca_base_component_t >>> *component, >>> - const ompi_proc_t *proc, >>> - void **buffer, opal_data_type_t >>> type); >>> - >>> /** >>> * Receive a buffer from a given peer >>> * >>> _______________________________________________ >>> svn mailing list >>> s...@open-mpi.org >>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/svn >> > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel
