[Mpi3-rma] Disp_unit in allocate_shared should be returned by win_shared_query?

Torsten Hoefler htor at illinois.edu
Wed Jul 18 10:12:30 CDT 2012


On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:05:59AM -0500, Jeff Hammond wrote:
> can you elaborate?  
It's rather simple, the parameter is missing. We added it to the
creation routine yesterday.

> why does one want this?  
Consistency.

> to figure out what atomicity should be used in load-store access?
No

> what's the harm in adding it?
Nothing, just a change rather late in the process. It would be
consistent 

Best,
  Torsten

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