# MPI_Win_post

Start an RMA exposure epoch

## Synopsis

    int MPI_Win_post(MPI_Group group, int assert, MPI_Win win)

## Input Parameters

group
  group of origin processes (handle)
assert
  Used to optimize this call; zero may be used as a default. See notes. (integer)
win
  window object (handle)

## Notes

The `assert` argument is used to indicate special conditions for the fence that an implementation may use to optimize the `MPI_Win_post` operation. The value zero is always correct. Other assertion values may be or'ed together. Assertions that are valid for `MPI_Win_post` are:

MPI_MODE_NOCHECK
  the matching calls to `MPI_WIN_START` have not yet occurred on any origin processes when the call to `MPI_WIN_POST` is made. The nocheck option can be specified by a post call if and only if it is specified by each matching start call.
MPI_MODE_NOSTORE
  the local window was not updated by local stores (or local get or receive calls) since last synchronization. This may avoid the need for cache synchronization at the post call.
MPI_MODE_NOPUT
  the local window will not be updated by put or accumulate calls after the post call, until the ensuing (wait) synchronization. This may avoid the need for cache synchronization at the wait call.

## Notes for Fortran

All MPI routines in Fortran (except for `MPI_WTIME` and `MPI_WTICK`) have an additional argument `ierr` at the end of the argument list. `ierr` is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C. In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with the `call` statement.

All MPI objects (e.g., `MPI_Datatype`, `MPI_Comm`) are of type `INTEGER` in Fortran.

## Errors

All MPI routines (except `MPI_Wtime` and `MPI_Wtick`) return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job. The error handler may be changed with `MPI_Comm_set_errhandler` (for communicators), `MPI_File_set_errhandler` (for files), and `MPI_Win_set_errhandler` (for RMA windows). The MPI-1 routine `MPI_Errhandler_set` may be used but its use is deprecated. The predefined error handler `MPI_ERRORS_RETURN` may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue past an error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever possible.

MPI_SUCCESS
  No error; MPI routine completed successfully.