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/* -*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset:4 ; -*- */
/* 
 *   $Id$    
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 1997 University of Chicago. 
 *   See COPYRIGHT notice in top-level directory.
 */

#include "adio.h"
#include "adio_extern.h"
#ifdef PROFILE
#include "mpe.h"
#endif

/* prototypes of functions used for collective reads only. */
static void ADIOI_Read_and_exch(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, MPI_Datatype
                                datatype, int nprocs,
                                int myrank, ADIOI_Access
                                *others_req, ADIO_Offset *offset_list,
                                int *len_list, int contig_access_count, 
                                ADIO_Offset
                                min_st_offset, ADIO_Offset fd_size,
                                ADIO_Offset *fd_start, ADIO_Offset *fd_end,
                                int *buf_idx, int *error_code);
static void ADIOI_R_Exchange_data(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, ADIOI_Flatlist_node
                                  *flat_buf, ADIO_Offset *offset_list, int
                                  *len_list, int *send_size, int *recv_size,
                                  int *count, int *start_pos, 
                                  int *partial_send, 
                                  int *recd_from_proc, int nprocs, 
                                  int myrank, int
                                  buftype_is_contig, int contig_access_count,
                                  ADIO_Offset min_st_offset, 
                                  ADIO_Offset fd_size,
                                  ADIO_Offset *fd_start, ADIO_Offset *fd_end, 
                                  ADIOI_Access *others_req, 
                                  int iter, 
                                  MPI_Aint buftype_extent, int *buf_idx);
static void ADIOI_Fill_user_buffer(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, ADIOI_Flatlist_node
                                   *flat_buf, char **recv_buf, ADIO_Offset 
                                   *offset_list, int *len_list, 
                                   int *recv_size, 
                                   MPI_Request *requests, MPI_Status *statuses,
                                   int *recd_from_proc, int nprocs,
                                   int contig_access_count, 
                                   ADIO_Offset min_st_offset, 
                                   ADIO_Offset fd_size, ADIO_Offset *fd_start, 
                                   ADIO_Offset *fd_end,
                                   MPI_Aint buftype_extent);


void ADIOI_GEN_ReadStridedColl(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, int count,
                               MPI_Datatype datatype, int file_ptr_type,
                               ADIO_Offset offset, ADIO_Status *status, int
                               *error_code)
{
/* Uses a generalized version of the extended two-phase method described
   in "An Extended Two-Phase Method for Accessing Sections of 
   Out-of-Core Arrays", Rajeev Thakur and Alok Choudhary,
   Scientific Programming, (5)4:301--317, Winter 1996. 
   http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/thakur/ext2ph.ps */

    ADIOI_Access *my_req; 
    /* array of nprocs structures, one for each other process in
       whose file domain this process's request lies */
    
    ADIOI_Access *others_req;
    /* array of nprocs structures, one for each other process
       whose request lies in this process's file domain. */

    int i, filetype_is_contig, nprocs, nprocs_for_coll, myrank;
    int *len_list, contig_access_count, interleave_count;
    int *count_my_req_per_proc, count_my_req_procs, count_others_req_procs;
    int buftype_is_contig, *buf_idx;
    ADIO_Offset *offset_list, start_offset, end_offset, *st_offsets, orig_fp;
    ADIO_Offset *fd_start, *fd_end, fd_size, min_st_offset, *end_offsets;
    ADIO_Offset off;
#ifdef HAVE_STATUS_SET_BYTES
    int bufsize, size;
#endif

#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(13, 0, "start computation");
#endif

    MPI_Comm_size(fd->comm, &nprocs);
    MPI_Comm_rank(fd->comm, &myrank);

    /* number of aggregators, cb_nodes, is stored in the hints */
    nprocs_for_coll = fd->hints->cb_nodes;

/* For this process's request, calculate the list of offsets and
   lengths in the file and determine the start and end offsets. */

/* Note: end_offset points to the last byte-offset that will be accessed.
         e.g., if start_offset=0 and 100 bytes to be read, end_offset=99*/

    orig_fp = fd->fp_ind;
    ADIOI_Calc_my_off_len(fd, count, datatype, file_ptr_type, offset,
                           &offset_list, &len_list, &start_offset,
                           &end_offset, &contig_access_count); 
    
/*    for (i=0; i<contig_access_count; i++) {
        FPRINTF(stderr, "rank %d  off %ld  len %d\n", myrank, offset_list[i], 
                len_list[i]);
    }*/

/* each process communicates its start and end offsets to other 
   processes. The result is an array each of start and end offsets stored
   in order of process rank. */ 
    
    st_offsets = (ADIO_Offset *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs*sizeof(ADIO_Offset));
    end_offsets = (ADIO_Offset *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs*sizeof(ADIO_Offset));

    MPI_Allgather(&start_offset, 1, ADIO_OFFSET, st_offsets, 1, ADIO_OFFSET, 
                  fd->comm);
    MPI_Allgather(&end_offset, 1, ADIO_OFFSET, end_offsets, 1, ADIO_OFFSET, 
                  fd->comm);

/* are the accesses of different processes interleaved? */
    interleave_count = 0;
    for (i=1; i<nprocs; i++)
        if (st_offsets[i] < end_offsets[i-1]) interleave_count++;
/* This is a rudimentary check for interleaving, but should suffice
   for the moment. */

    ADIOI_Datatype_iscontig(datatype, &buftype_is_contig);

    if (fd->hints->cb_read == ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE
        || (!interleave_count && (fd->hints->cb_read == ADIOI_HINT_AUTO))) 
    {
        /* don't do aggregation */
        ADIOI_Free(offset_list);
        ADIOI_Free(len_list);
        ADIOI_Free(st_offsets);
        ADIOI_Free(end_offsets);        

        fd->fp_ind = orig_fp;
        ADIOI_Datatype_iscontig(fd->filetype, &filetype_is_contig);

        if (buftype_is_contig && filetype_is_contig) {
            if (file_ptr_type == ADIO_EXPLICIT_OFFSET) {
                off = fd->disp + (fd->etype_size) * offset;
                ADIO_ReadContig(fd, buf, count, datatype, ADIO_EXPLICIT_OFFSET,
                       off, status, error_code);
            }
            else ADIO_ReadContig(fd, buf, count, datatype, ADIO_INDIVIDUAL,
                       0, status, error_code);
        }
        else ADIO_ReadStrided(fd, buf, count, datatype, file_ptr_type,
                       offset, status, error_code);

        return;
    }

    /* We're going to perform aggregation of I/O.  Here we call
     * ADIOI_Calc_file_domains() to determine what processes will handle I/O
     * to what regions.  We pass nprocs_for_coll into this function; it is
     * used to determine how many processes will perform I/O, which is also
     * the number of regions into which the range of bytes must be divided.
     * These regions are called "file domains", or FDs.
     *
     * When this function returns, fd_start, fd_end, fd_size, and
     * min_st_offset will be filled in.  fd_start holds the starting byte
     * location for each file domain.  fd_end holds the ending byte location.
     * min_st_offset holds the minimum byte location that will be accessed.
     *
     * Both fd_start[] and fd_end[] are indexed by an aggregator number; this
     * needs to be mapped to an actual rank in the communicator later.
     *
     */
    ADIOI_Calc_file_domains(st_offsets, end_offsets, nprocs,
                            nprocs_for_coll, &min_st_offset,
                            &fd_start, &fd_end, &fd_size);

    /* calculate where the portions of the access requests of this process 
     * are located in terms of the file domains.  this could be on the same
     * process or on other processes.  this function fills in:
     * count_my_req_procs - number of processes (including this one) for which
     *     this process has requests in their file domain
     * count_my_req_per_proc - count of requests for each process, indexed
     *     by rank of the process
     * my_req[] - array of data structures describing the requests to be
     *     performed by each process (including self).  indexed by rank.
     * buf_idx[] - array of locations into which data can be directly moved;
     *     this is only valid for contiguous buffer case
     */
    ADIOI_Calc_my_req(fd, offset_list, len_list, contig_access_count,
                      min_st_offset, fd_start, fd_end, fd_size,
                      nprocs, &count_my_req_procs, 
                      &count_my_req_per_proc, &my_req,
                      &buf_idx);

    /* perform a collective communication in order to distribute the
     * data calculated above.  fills in the following:
     * count_others_req_procs - number of processes (including this
     *     one) which have requests in this process's file domain.
     * count_others_req_per_proc[] - number of separate contiguous
     *     requests from proc i lie in this process's file domain.
     */
    ADIOI_Calc_others_req(fd, count_my_req_procs, 
                          count_my_req_per_proc, my_req, 
                          nprocs, myrank, &count_others_req_procs, 
                          &others_req); 

    /* my_req[] and count_my_req_per_proc aren't needed at this point, so 
     * let's free the memory 
     */
    ADIOI_Free(count_my_req_per_proc);
    for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++) {
        if (my_req[i].count) {
            ADIOI_Free(my_req[i].offsets);
            ADIOI_Free(my_req[i].lens);
        }
    }
    ADIOI_Free(my_req);


    /* read data in sizes of no more than ADIOI_Coll_bufsize, 
     * communicate, and fill user buf. 
     */
    ADIOI_Read_and_exch(fd, buf, datatype, nprocs, myrank,
                        others_req, offset_list,
                        len_list, contig_access_count, min_st_offset,
                        fd_size, fd_start, fd_end, buf_idx, error_code);

    if (!buftype_is_contig) ADIOI_Delete_flattened(datatype);

    /* free all memory allocated for collective I/O */
    for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++) {
        if (others_req[i].count) {
            ADIOI_Free(others_req[i].offsets);
            ADIOI_Free(others_req[i].lens);
            ADIOI_Free(others_req[i].mem_ptrs);
        }
    }
    ADIOI_Free(others_req);

    ADIOI_Free(buf_idx);
    ADIOI_Free(offset_list);
    ADIOI_Free(len_list);
    ADIOI_Free(st_offsets);
    ADIOI_Free(end_offsets);
    ADIOI_Free(fd_start);
    ADIOI_Free(fd_end);

#ifdef HAVE_STATUS_SET_BYTES
    MPI_Type_size(datatype, &size);
    bufsize = size * count;
    MPIR_Status_set_bytes(status, datatype, bufsize);
/* This is a temporary way of filling in status. The right way is to 
   keep track of how much data was actually read and placed in buf 
   during collective I/O. */
#endif

    fd->fp_sys_posn = -1;   /* set it to null. */
}

void ADIOI_Calc_my_off_len(ADIO_File fd, int bufcount, MPI_Datatype
                            datatype, int file_ptr_type, ADIO_Offset
                            offset, ADIO_Offset **offset_list_ptr, int
                            **len_list_ptr, ADIO_Offset *start_offset_ptr,
                            ADIO_Offset *end_offset_ptr, int
                           *contig_access_count_ptr)
{
    int filetype_size, buftype_size, etype_size;
    int i, j, k, frd_size=0, old_frd_size=0, st_index=0;
    int n_filetypes, etype_in_filetype;
    ADIO_Offset abs_off_in_filetype=0;
    int bufsize, sum, n_etypes_in_filetype, size_in_filetype;
    int contig_access_count, *len_list, flag, filetype_is_contig;
    MPI_Aint filetype_extent, filetype_lb;
    ADIOI_Flatlist_node *flat_file;
    ADIO_Offset *offset_list, off, end_offset=0, disp;
    
/* For this process's request, calculate the list of offsets and
   lengths in the file and determine the start and end offsets. */

    ADIOI_Datatype_iscontig(fd->filetype, &filetype_is_contig);

    MPI_Type_size(fd->filetype, &filetype_size);
    MPI_Type_extent(fd->filetype, &filetype_extent);
    MPI_Type_lb(fd->filetype, &filetype_lb);
    MPI_Type_size(datatype, &buftype_size);
    etype_size = fd->etype_size;

    if ( ! filetype_size ) {
        *contig_access_count_ptr = 0;
        *offset_list_ptr = (ADIO_Offset *) ADIOI_Malloc(2*sizeof(ADIO_Offset));
        *len_list_ptr = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(2*sizeof(int));
        /* 2 is for consistency. everywhere I malloc one more than needed */

        offset_list = *offset_list_ptr;
        len_list = *len_list_ptr;
        offset_list[0] = (file_ptr_type == ADIO_INDIVIDUAL) ? fd->fp_ind : 
                 fd->disp + etype_size * offset;
        len_list[0] = 0;
        *start_offset_ptr = offset_list[0];
        *end_offset_ptr = offset_list[0] + len_list[0] - 1;
        
        return;
    }

    if (filetype_is_contig) {
        *contig_access_count_ptr = 1;        
        *offset_list_ptr = (ADIO_Offset *) ADIOI_Malloc(2*sizeof(ADIO_Offset));
        *len_list_ptr = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(2*sizeof(int));
        /* 2 is for consistency. everywhere I malloc one more than needed */

        offset_list = *offset_list_ptr;
        len_list = *len_list_ptr;
        offset_list[0] = (file_ptr_type == ADIO_INDIVIDUAL) ? fd->fp_ind : 
                 fd->disp + etype_size * offset;
        len_list[0] = bufcount * buftype_size;
        *start_offset_ptr = offset_list[0];
        *end_offset_ptr = offset_list[0] + len_list[0] - 1;

        /* update file pointer */
        if (file_ptr_type == ADIO_INDIVIDUAL) fd->fp_ind = *end_offset_ptr + 1;
    }

    else {

       /* First calculate what size of offset_list and len_list to allocate */
   
       /* filetype already flattened in ADIO_Open or ADIO_Fcntl */
        flat_file = ADIOI_Flatlist;
        while (flat_file->type != fd->filetype) flat_file = flat_file->next;
        disp = fd->disp;

        if (file_ptr_type == ADIO_INDIVIDUAL) {
            offset = fd->fp_ind; /* in bytes */
            n_filetypes = -1;
            flag = 0;
            while (!flag) {
                n_filetypes++;
                for (i=0; i<flat_file->count; i++) {
                    if (disp + flat_file->indices[i] + 
                        (ADIO_Offset) n_filetypes*filetype_extent + 
                        flat_file->blocklens[i] >= offset) 
                    {
                        st_index = i;
                        frd_size = (int) (disp + flat_file->indices[i] + 
                            (ADIO_Offset) n_filetypes*filetype_extent
                                + flat_file->blocklens[i] - offset);
                        flag = 1;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            n_etypes_in_filetype = filetype_size/etype_size;
            n_filetypes = (int) (offset / n_etypes_in_filetype);
            etype_in_filetype = (int) (offset % n_etypes_in_filetype);
            size_in_filetype = etype_in_filetype * etype_size;
 
            sum = 0;
            for (i=0; i<flat_file->count; i++) {
                sum += flat_file->blocklens[i];
                if (sum > size_in_filetype) {
                    st_index = i;
                    frd_size = sum - size_in_filetype;
                    abs_off_in_filetype = flat_file->indices[i] +
                        size_in_filetype - (sum - flat_file->blocklens[i]);
                    break;
                }
            }

            /* abs. offset in bytes in the file */
            offset = disp + (ADIO_Offset) n_filetypes*filetype_extent + 
                abs_off_in_filetype;
        }

         /* calculate how much space to allocate for offset_list, len_list */

        old_frd_size = frd_size;
        contig_access_count = i = 0;
        j = st_index;
        bufsize = buftype_size * bufcount;
        frd_size = ADIOI_MIN(frd_size, bufsize);
        while (i < bufsize) {
            if (frd_size) contig_access_count++;
            i += frd_size;
            j = (j + 1) % flat_file->count;
            frd_size = ADIOI_MIN(flat_file->blocklens[j], bufsize-i);
        }

        /* allocate space for offset_list and len_list */

        *offset_list_ptr = (ADIO_Offset *)
                 ADIOI_Malloc((contig_access_count+1)*sizeof(ADIO_Offset));  
        *len_list_ptr = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc((contig_access_count+1)*sizeof(int));
        /* +1 to avoid a 0-size malloc */

        offset_list = *offset_list_ptr;
        len_list = *len_list_ptr;

      /* find start offset, end offset, and fill in offset_list and len_list */

        *start_offset_ptr = offset; /* calculated above */

        i = k = 0;
        j = st_index;
        off = offset;
        frd_size = ADIOI_MIN(old_frd_size, bufsize);
        while (i < bufsize) {
            if (frd_size) {
                offset_list[k] = off;
                len_list[k] = frd_size;
                k++;
            }
            i += frd_size;
            end_offset = off + frd_size - 1;

     /* Note: end_offset points to the last byte-offset that will be accessed.
         e.g., if start_offset=0 and 100 bytes to be read, end_offset=99*/

            if (off + frd_size < disp + flat_file->indices[j] +
                flat_file->blocklens[j] + 
                (ADIO_Offset) n_filetypes*filetype_extent)
            {
                off += frd_size;
                /* did not reach end of contiguous block in filetype.
                 * no more I/O needed. off is incremented by frd_size. 
                 */
            }
            else {
                if (j < (flat_file->count - 1)) j++;
                else {
                    /* hit end of flattened filetype; 
                     * start at beginning again 
                     */
                    j = 0;
                    n_filetypes++;
                }
                off = disp + flat_file->indices[j] + 
                    (ADIO_Offset) n_filetypes*filetype_extent;
                frd_size = ADIOI_MIN(flat_file->blocklens[j], bufsize-i);
            }
        }

        /* update file pointer */
        if (file_ptr_type == ADIO_INDIVIDUAL) fd->fp_ind = off;

        *contig_access_count_ptr = contig_access_count;
        *end_offset_ptr = end_offset;
    }
}

static void ADIOI_Read_and_exch(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, MPI_Datatype
                         datatype, int nprocs,
                         int myrank, ADIOI_Access
                         *others_req, ADIO_Offset *offset_list,
                         int *len_list, int contig_access_count, ADIO_Offset
                         min_st_offset, ADIO_Offset fd_size,
                         ADIO_Offset *fd_start, ADIO_Offset *fd_end,
                         int *buf_idx, int *error_code)
{
/* Read in sizes of no more than coll_bufsize, an info parameter.
   Send data to appropriate processes. 
   Place recd. data in user buf.
   The idea is to reduce the amount of extra memory required for
   collective I/O. If all data were read all at once, which is much
   easier, it would require temp space more than the size of user_buf,
   which is often unacceptable. For example, to read a distributed
   array from a file, where each local array is 8Mbytes, requiring
   at least another 8Mbytes of temp space is unacceptable. */

    int i, j, m, size, ntimes, max_ntimes, buftype_is_contig;
    ADIO_Offset st_loc=-1, end_loc=-1, off, done, real_off, req_off;
    char *read_buf = NULL, *tmp_buf;
    int *curr_offlen_ptr, *count, *send_size, *recv_size;
    int *partial_send, *recd_from_proc, *start_pos, for_next_iter;
    int real_size, req_len, flag, for_curr_iter, rank;
    MPI_Status status;
    ADIOI_Flatlist_node *flat_buf=NULL;
    MPI_Aint buftype_extent;
    int coll_bufsize;

    *error_code = MPI_SUCCESS;  /* changed below if error */
    /* only I/O errors are currently reported */
    
/* calculate the number of reads of size coll_bufsize
   to be done by each process and the max among all processes.
   That gives the no. of communication phases as well.
   coll_bufsize is obtained from the hints object. */

    coll_bufsize = fd->hints->cb_buffer_size;

    /* grab some initial values for st_loc and end_loc */
    for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) {
        if (others_req[i].count) {
            st_loc = others_req[i].offsets[0];
            end_loc = others_req[i].offsets[0];
            break;
        }
    }

    /* now find the real values */
    for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++)
        for (j=0; j<others_req[i].count; j++) {
            st_loc = ADIOI_MIN(st_loc, others_req[i].offsets[j]);
            end_loc = ADIOI_MAX(end_loc, (others_req[i].offsets[j]
                                          + others_req[i].lens[j] - 1));
        }

    /* calculate ntimes, the number of times this process must perform I/O
     * operations in order to complete all the requests it has received.
     * the need for multiple I/O operations comes from the restriction that
     * we only use coll_bufsize bytes of memory for internal buffering.
     */
    if ((st_loc==-1) && (end_loc==-1)) {
        /* this process does no I/O. */
        ntimes = 0;
    }
    else {
        /* ntimes=ceiling_div(end_loc - st_loc + 1, coll_bufsize)*/
        ntimes = (int) ((end_loc - st_loc + coll_bufsize)/coll_bufsize);
    }

    MPI_Allreduce(&ntimes, &max_ntimes, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_MAX, fd->comm); 

    if (ntimes) read_buf = (char *) ADIOI_Malloc(coll_bufsize);

    curr_offlen_ptr = (int *) ADIOI_Calloc(nprocs, sizeof(int)); 
    /* its use is explained below. calloc initializes to 0. */

    count = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs * sizeof(int));
    /* to store count of how many off-len pairs per proc are satisfied
       in an iteration. */

    partial_send = (int *) ADIOI_Calloc(nprocs, sizeof(int));
    /* if only a portion of the last off-len pair is sent to a process 
       in a particular iteration, the length sent is stored here.
       calloc initializes to 0. */

    send_size = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs * sizeof(int));
    /* total size of data to be sent to each proc. in an iteration */

    recv_size = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs * sizeof(int));
    /* total size of data to be recd. from each proc. in an iteration.
       Of size nprocs so that I can use MPI_Alltoall later. */

    recd_from_proc = (int *) ADIOI_Calloc(nprocs, sizeof(int));
    /* amount of data recd. so far from each proc. Used in
       ADIOI_Fill_user_buffer. initialized to 0 here. */

    start_pos = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs*sizeof(int));
    /* used to store the starting value of curr_offlen_ptr[i] in 
       this iteration */

    ADIOI_Datatype_iscontig(datatype, &buftype_is_contig);
    if (!buftype_is_contig) {
        ADIOI_Flatten_datatype(datatype);
        flat_buf = ADIOI_Flatlist;
        while (flat_buf->type != datatype) flat_buf = flat_buf->next;
    }
    MPI_Type_extent(datatype, &buftype_extent);

    done = 0;
    off = st_loc;
    for_curr_iter = for_next_iter = 0;

    MPI_Comm_rank(fd->comm, &rank);

#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(14, 0, "end computation");
#endif

    for (m=0; m<ntimes; m++) {
       /* read buf of size coll_bufsize (or less) */
       /* go through all others_req and check if any are satisfied
          by the current read */

       /* since MPI guarantees that displacements in filetypes are in 
          monotonically nondecreasing order, I can maintain a pointer
          (curr_offlen_ptr) to 
          current off-len pair for each process in others_req and scan
          further only from there. There is still a problem of filetypes
          such as:  (1, 2, 3 are not process nos. They are just numbers for
          three chunks of data, specified by a filetype.)

                   1  -------!--
                   2    -----!----
                   3       --!-----

          where ! indicates where the current read_size limitation cuts 
          through the filetype.  I resolve this by reading up to !, but
          filling the communication buffer only for 1. I copy the portion
          left over for 2 into a tmp_buf for use in the next
          iteration. i.e., 2 and 3 will be satisfied in the next
          iteration. This simplifies filling in the user's buf at the
          other end, as only one off-len pair with incomplete data
          will be sent. I also don't need to send the individual
          offsets and lens along with the data, as the data is being
          sent in a particular order. */ 

          /* off = start offset in the file for the data actually read in 
                   this iteration 
             size = size of data read corresponding to off
             real_off = off minus whatever data was retained in memory from
                  previous iteration for cases like 2, 3 illustrated above
             real_size = size plus the extra corresponding to real_off
             req_off = off in file for a particular contiguous request 
                       minus what was satisfied in previous iteration
             req_size = size corresponding to req_off */

#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(13, 0, "start computation");
#endif
        size = (int) (ADIOI_MIN(coll_bufsize, end_loc-st_loc+1-done)); 
        real_off = off - for_curr_iter;
        real_size = size + for_curr_iter;

        for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++) count[i] = send_size[i] = 0;
        for_next_iter = 0;

        for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++) {
            /* FPRINTF(stderr, "rank %d, i %d, others_count %d\n", rank, i, others_req[i].count); */
            if (others_req[i].count) {
                start_pos[i] = curr_offlen_ptr[i];
                for (j=curr_offlen_ptr[i]; j<others_req[i].count;
                     j++) {
                    if (partial_send[i]) {
                        /* this request may have been partially
                           satisfied in the previous iteration. */
                        req_off = others_req[i].offsets[j] +
                            partial_send[i]; 
                        req_len = others_req[i].lens[j] -
                            partial_send[i];
                        partial_send[i] = 0;
                        /* modify the off-len pair to reflect this change */
                        others_req[i].offsets[j] = req_off;
                        others_req[i].lens[j] = req_len;
                    }
                    else {
                        req_off = others_req[i].offsets[j];
                        req_len = others_req[i].lens[j];
                    }
                    if (req_off < real_off + real_size) {
                        count[i]++;
                        MPI_Address(read_buf+req_off-real_off, 
                               &(others_req[i].mem_ptrs[j]));
                        send_size[i] += (int)(ADIOI_MIN(real_off + (ADIO_Offset)real_size - 
                                                  req_off, req_len));

                        if (real_off+real_size-req_off < req_len) {
                            partial_send[i] = (int) (real_off+real_size-
                                                     req_off);
                            if ((j+1 < others_req[i].count) && 
                                 (others_req[i].offsets[j+1] < 
                                     real_off+real_size)) { 
                                /* this is the case illustrated in the
                                   figure above. */
                                for_next_iter = (int) (ADIOI_MAX(for_next_iter,
                                          real_off + real_size - 
                                             others_req[i].offsets[j+1])); 
                                /* max because it must cover requests 
                                   from different processes */
                            }
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                curr_offlen_ptr[i] = j;
            }
        }

        flag = 0;
        for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++)
            if (count[i]) flag = 1;

#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(14, 0, "end computation");
#endif
        if (flag) {
            ADIO_ReadContig(fd, read_buf+for_curr_iter, size, MPI_BYTE,
                            ADIO_EXPLICIT_OFFSET, off, &status, error_code);
            if (*error_code != MPI_SUCCESS) return;
        }
        
        for_curr_iter = for_next_iter;
        
#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(7, 0, "start communication");
#endif
        ADIOI_R_Exchange_data(fd, buf, flat_buf, offset_list, len_list,
                            send_size, recv_size, count, 
                            start_pos, partial_send, recd_from_proc, nprocs,
                            myrank, 
                            buftype_is_contig, contig_access_count,
                            min_st_offset, fd_size, fd_start, fd_end,
                            others_req, 
                            m, buftype_extent, buf_idx); 

#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(8, 0, "end communication");
#endif

        if (for_next_iter) {
            tmp_buf = (char *) ADIOI_Malloc(for_next_iter);
            memcpy(tmp_buf, read_buf+real_size-for_next_iter, for_next_iter);
            ADIOI_Free(read_buf);
            read_buf = (char *) ADIOI_Malloc(for_next_iter+coll_bufsize);
            memcpy(read_buf, tmp_buf, for_next_iter);
            ADIOI_Free(tmp_buf);
        }

        off += size;
        done += size;
    }

    for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++) count[i] = send_size[i] = 0;
#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(7, 0, "start communication");
#endif
    for (m=ntimes; m<max_ntimes; m++) 
/* nothing to send, but check for recv. */
        ADIOI_R_Exchange_data(fd, buf, flat_buf, offset_list, len_list,
                            send_size, recv_size, count, 
                            start_pos, partial_send, recd_from_proc, nprocs,
                            myrank, 
                            buftype_is_contig, contig_access_count,
                            min_st_offset, fd_size, fd_start, fd_end,
                            others_req, m,
                            buftype_extent, buf_idx); 
#ifdef PROFILE
        MPE_Log_event(8, 0, "end communication");
#endif

    if (ntimes) ADIOI_Free(read_buf);
    ADIOI_Free(curr_offlen_ptr);
    ADIOI_Free(count);
    ADIOI_Free(partial_send);
    ADIOI_Free(send_size);
    ADIOI_Free(recv_size);
    ADIOI_Free(recd_from_proc);
    ADIOI_Free(start_pos);
}

static void ADIOI_R_Exchange_data(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, ADIOI_Flatlist_node
                         *flat_buf, ADIO_Offset *offset_list, int
                         *len_list, int *send_size, int *recv_size,
                         int *count, int *start_pos, int *partial_send, 
                         int *recd_from_proc, int nprocs, 
                         int myrank, int
                         buftype_is_contig, int contig_access_count,
                         ADIO_Offset min_st_offset, ADIO_Offset fd_size,
                         ADIO_Offset *fd_start, ADIO_Offset *fd_end, 
                         ADIOI_Access *others_req, 
                         int iter, MPI_Aint buftype_extent, int *buf_idx)
{
    int i, j, k=0, tmp=0, nprocs_recv, nprocs_send;
    char **recv_buf = NULL; 
    MPI_Request *requests;
    MPI_Datatype send_type;
    MPI_Status *statuses;

/* exchange send_size info so that each process knows how much to
   receive from whom and how much memory to allocate. */

    MPI_Alltoall(send_size, 1, MPI_INT, recv_size, 1, MPI_INT, fd->comm);

    nprocs_recv = 0;
    for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) if (recv_size[i]) nprocs_recv++;

    nprocs_send = 0;
    for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++) if (send_size[i]) nprocs_send++;

    requests = (MPI_Request *)
        ADIOI_Malloc((nprocs_send+nprocs_recv+1)*sizeof(MPI_Request));
/* +1 to avoid a 0-size malloc */

/* post recvs. if buftype_is_contig, data can be directly recd. into
   user buf at location given by buf_idx. else use recv_buf. */

    if (buftype_is_contig) {
        j = 0;
        for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) 
            if (recv_size[i]) {
                MPI_Irecv(((char *) buf) + buf_idx[i], recv_size[i], 
                  MPI_BYTE, i, myrank+i+100*iter, fd->comm, requests+j);
                j++;
                buf_idx[i] += recv_size[i];
            }
    }
    else {
/* allocate memory for recv_buf and post receives */
        recv_buf = (char **) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs * sizeof(char*));
        for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) 
            if (recv_size[i]) recv_buf[i] = 
                                  (char *) ADIOI_Malloc(recv_size[i]);

            j = 0;
            for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) 
                if (recv_size[i]) {
                    MPI_Irecv(recv_buf[i], recv_size[i], MPI_BYTE, i, 
                              myrank+i+100*iter, fd->comm, requests+j);
                    j++;
                    /* FPRINTF(stderr, "node %d, recv_size %d, tag %d \n", 
                       myrank, recv_size[i], myrank+i+100*iter); */
                }
    }

/* create derived datatypes and send data */

    j = 0;
    for (i=0; i<nprocs; i++) {
        if (send_size[i]) {
/* take care if the last off-len pair is a partial send */
            if (partial_send[i]) {
                k = start_pos[i] + count[i] - 1;
                tmp = others_req[i].lens[k];
                others_req[i].lens[k] = partial_send[i];
            }
            MPI_Type_hindexed(count[i], 
                 &(others_req[i].lens[start_pos[i]]),
                    &(others_req[i].mem_ptrs[start_pos[i]]), 
                         MPI_BYTE, &send_type);
            /* absolute displacement; use MPI_BOTTOM in send */
            MPI_Type_commit(&send_type);
            MPI_Isend(MPI_BOTTOM, 1, send_type, i, myrank+i+100*iter,
                      fd->comm, requests+nprocs_recv+j);
            MPI_Type_free(&send_type);
            if (partial_send[i]) others_req[i].lens[k] = tmp;
            j++;
        }
    }

    statuses = (MPI_Status *) ADIOI_Malloc((nprocs_send+nprocs_recv+1) * \
                                     sizeof(MPI_Status)); 
     /* +1 to avoid a 0-size malloc */

    /* wait on the receives */
    if (nprocs_recv) {
#ifdef NEEDS_MPI_TEST
        j = 0;
        while (!j) MPI_Testall(nprocs_recv, requests, &j, statuses);
#else
        MPI_Waitall(nprocs_recv, requests, statuses);
#endif

        /* if noncontiguous, to the copies from the recv buffers */
        if (!buftype_is_contig) 
            ADIOI_Fill_user_buffer(fd, buf, flat_buf, recv_buf,
                                   offset_list, len_list, recv_size, 
                                   requests, statuses, recd_from_proc, 
                                   nprocs, contig_access_count,
                                   min_st_offset, fd_size, fd_start, fd_end,
                                   buftype_extent);
    }

    /* wait on the sends*/
    MPI_Waitall(nprocs_send, requests+nprocs_recv, statuses+nprocs_recv);

    ADIOI_Free(statuses);
    ADIOI_Free(requests);

    if (!buftype_is_contig) {
        for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) 
            if (recv_size[i]) ADIOI_Free(recv_buf[i]);
        ADIOI_Free(recv_buf);
    }
}


#define ADIOI_BUF_INCR \
{ \
    while (buf_incr) { \
        size_in_buf = ADIOI_MIN(buf_incr, flat_buf_sz); \
        user_buf_idx += size_in_buf; \
        flat_buf_sz -= size_in_buf; \
        if (!flat_buf_sz) { \
            if (flat_buf_idx < (flat_buf->count - 1)) flat_buf_idx++; \
            else { \
                flat_buf_idx = 0; \
                n_buftypes++; \
            } \
            user_buf_idx = flat_buf->indices[flat_buf_idx] + \
                              n_buftypes*buftype_extent; \
            flat_buf_sz = flat_buf->blocklens[flat_buf_idx]; \
        } \
        buf_incr -= size_in_buf; \
    } \
}


#define ADIOI_BUF_COPY \
{ \
    while (size) { \
        size_in_buf = ADIOI_MIN(size, flat_buf_sz); \
        memcpy(((char *) buf) + user_buf_idx, \
               &(recv_buf[p][recv_buf_idx[p]]), size_in_buf); \
        recv_buf_idx[p] += size_in_buf; \
        user_buf_idx += size_in_buf; \
        flat_buf_sz -= size_in_buf; \
        if (!flat_buf_sz) { \
            if (flat_buf_idx < (flat_buf->count - 1)) flat_buf_idx++; \
            else { \
                flat_buf_idx = 0; \
                n_buftypes++; \
            } \
            user_buf_idx = flat_buf->indices[flat_buf_idx] + \
                              n_buftypes*buftype_extent; \
            flat_buf_sz = flat_buf->blocklens[flat_buf_idx]; \
        } \
        size -= size_in_buf; \
        buf_incr -= size_in_buf; \
    } \
    ADIOI_BUF_INCR \
}


static void ADIOI_Fill_user_buffer(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, ADIOI_Flatlist_node
                                   *flat_buf, char **recv_buf, ADIO_Offset 
                                   *offset_list, int *len_list, 
                                   int *recv_size, 
                                   MPI_Request *requests, MPI_Status *statuses,
                                   int *recd_from_proc, int nprocs,
                                   int contig_access_count, 
                                   ADIO_Offset min_st_offset, 
                                   ADIO_Offset fd_size, ADIO_Offset *fd_start, 
                                   ADIO_Offset *fd_end,
                                   MPI_Aint buftype_extent)
{
/* this function is only called if buftype is not contig */

    int i, p, flat_buf_idx, size, buf_incr;
    int flat_buf_sz, size_in_buf, n_buftypes;
    ADIO_Offset off, len, rem_len, user_buf_idx;

    int *curr_from_proc, *done_from_proc, *recv_buf_idx;

/*  curr_from_proc[p] = amount of data recd from proc. p that has already
                        been accounted for so far
    done_from_proc[p] = amount of data already recd from proc. p and 
                        filled into user buffer in previous iterations
    user_buf_idx = current location in user buffer 
    recv_buf_idx[p] = current location in recv_buf of proc. p  */
    curr_from_proc = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs * sizeof(int));
    done_from_proc = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs * sizeof(int));
    recv_buf_idx   = (int *) ADIOI_Malloc(nprocs * sizeof(int));

    for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) {
        recv_buf_idx[i] = curr_from_proc[i] = 0;
        done_from_proc[i] = recd_from_proc[i];
    }

    user_buf_idx = flat_buf->indices[0];
    flat_buf_idx = 0;
    n_buftypes = 0;
    flat_buf_sz = flat_buf->blocklens[0];

    /* flat_buf_idx = current index into flattened buftype
       flat_buf_sz = size of current contiguous component in 
                flattened buf */

    for (i=0; i<contig_access_count; i++) { 
        off     = offset_list[i];
        rem_len = (ADIO_Offset) len_list[i];

        /* this request may span the file domains of more than one process */
        while (rem_len != 0) {
            len = rem_len;
            /* NOTE: len value is modified by ADIOI_Calc_aggregator() to be no
             * longer than the single region that processor "p" is responsible
             * for.
             */
            p = ADIOI_Calc_aggregator(fd,
                                      off,
                                      min_st_offset,
                                      &len,
                                      fd_size,
                                      fd_start,
                                      fd_end);

            if (recv_buf_idx[p] < recv_size[p]) {
                if (curr_from_proc[p]+len > done_from_proc[p]) {
                    if (done_from_proc[p] > curr_from_proc[p]) {
                        size = (int)ADIOI_MIN(curr_from_proc[p] + len - 
                              done_from_proc[p], recv_size[p]-recv_buf_idx[p]);
                        buf_incr = done_from_proc[p] - curr_from_proc[p];
                        ADIOI_BUF_INCR
                        buf_incr = (int)(curr_from_proc[p]+len-done_from_proc[p]);
                        curr_from_proc[p] = done_from_proc[p] + size;
                        ADIOI_BUF_COPY
                    }
                    else {
                        size = (int)ADIOI_MIN(len,recv_size[p]-recv_buf_idx[p]);
                        buf_incr = (int)len;
                        curr_from_proc[p] += size;
                        ADIOI_BUF_COPY
                    }
                }
                else {
                    curr_from_proc[p] += (int)len;
                    buf_incr = (int)len;
                    ADIOI_BUF_INCR
                }
            }
            else {
                buf_incr = (int)len;
                ADIOI_BUF_INCR
            }
            off     += len;
            rem_len -= len;
        }
    }
    for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) 
        if (recv_size[i]) recd_from_proc[i] = curr_from_proc[i];

    ADIOI_Free(curr_from_proc);
    ADIOI_Free(done_from_proc);
    ADIOI_Free(recv_buf_idx);
}

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