MPI_ADDRESS(3)

MPI_ADDRESS(3)

okay so welcome to the Open MPI manual page for MPI_ADDRESS(3), bestie 💖 this one is short but it has deprecated energy, so pay attention.

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💖 NAME 💖

MPI_Address — gets the address of a location in memory — and bestie, this routine is deprecated in favor of MPI_Get_address. 🫶

✨ SYNTAX ✨

💻 C Syntax 💻

#include <mpi.h>

int MPI_Address(void *location, MPI_Aint *address)

🧚 Fortran Syntax 🧚

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

MPI_ADDRESS(LOCATION, ADDRESS, IERROR)
     <type>  LOCATION (*)
     INTEGER ADDRESS, IERROR

📍 INPUT PARAMETER 📍

• location — location in caller memory (choice). Like, the actual spot in memory you're asking about, no cap 📌

🎀 OUTPUT PARAMETERS 🎀

• address — address of location (integer). That's the number you wanted, bestie ✨
• ierror — Fortran only: error status (integer). 🧚

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Important vibe check: Note that use of this routine is deprecated as of MPI-2. Please use MPI_Get_address instead. That's the whole mood, honestly. MPI_Address is giving legacy icon, but MPI_Get_address is the main character now. 💅

💀 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_thread, after 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 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_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. 💀 dramatic but true
• 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 was called on that communicator. If called on a window or file, acts as if 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 then MPI_Comm_set_errhandler
• MPI_File_create_errhandler then MPI_File_set_errhandler
• MPI_Session_create_errhandler then MPI_Session_set_errhandler or at MPI_Session_init
• MPI_Win_create_errhandler then MPI_Win_set_errhandler

Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error. So like, don't count on it bouncing back, bestie. 🙈

See the MPI man page for a full list of MPI error codes.

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

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• MPI_Get_address

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2003-2026, The Open MPI Community

xoxo, your Open MPI bestie 💖 — last updated Sep 11, 2026 in the Open MPI manual. Bye bestie! 💅