Developer Reference for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for C

ID 766684
Date 3/22/2024
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pxerbla

Error handling routine called by ScaLAPACK routines.

Syntax

void pxerbla (MKL_INT* ictxt, char* srname, MKL_INT* info, MKL_INT srname_len);

Include Files

  • mkl_scalapack.h

Input Parameters

ictxt

(local)

MKL_INT*

The BLACS context handle, indicating the global context of the operation. The context itself is global.

srname

(global)

char*

The name of the routine that called pxerbla.

info

(global)

MKL_INT*

The position of the invalid parameter in the parameter list of the calling routine.

srname_len

(global)

MKL_INT

The length of the calling routine name.

Description

This routine is an error handler for the ScaLAPACK routines. It is called if an input parameter has an invalid value. A message is printed and program execution continues. For ScaLAPACK driver and computational routines, a RETURN statement is issued following the call to pxerbla.

Control returns to the higher-level calling routine, and you can determine how the program should proceed. However, in the specialized low-level ScaLAPACK routines (auxiliary routines that are Level 2 equivalents of computational routines), the call to pxerbla() is immediately followed by a call to BLACS_ABORT() to terminate program execution since recovery from an error at this level in the computation is not possible.

It is always good practice to check for a non-zero value of info on return from a ScaLAPACK routine. Installers may consider modifying this routine in order to call system-specific exception-handling facilities.