Starts a non-blocking probe in a port.
a0tError | a0IProbe( | | | |
| | a0tPort | *port, | |
| | int | source, | |
| | int | tag, | |
| | a0tRequest | *request );
| |
| Name | rd/wr | Description |
| port | read | Port to probe (on caller's node). |
| source | read | Source node to probe. |
| tag | read | tag to use. |
| request | write | Request descriptor to hold the status. |
This function starts a non-blocking probe on a given port port, from a given source node source (or A0AnySource if any node will do), with a given tag tag. A request is posted to probe a received a message.
A probe request is said to be completed when a message is arrived. It is useful to receive messages without knowing previously its size and origin. A probe is usually followed by a dynamic memory allocation and a0Receive() or .
NULL cannot be passed as request.
On return of this function, the variable pointed by request contains an opaque request that can be used later to test or wait the completion of the probe operation or get information about it.
| Error Code | Description |
A0Err...| Some error occurred. | |
A0ErrOk| Successful completion. | |
a0Probe() a0GetRequestData() a0Receive() a0IReceiveBuffer()