petsc-3.6.2 2015-10-02
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# PetscSFGatherBegin

begin pointwise gather of all leaves into multi-roots, to be completed with PetscSFGatherEnd()

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsf.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscSFGatherBegin(PetscSF sf,MPI_Datatype unit,const void *leafdata,void *multirootdata)

Collective

### Input Arguments

| sf | - star forest
| unit | - data type
| leafdata | - leaf data to gather to roots

### Output Argument

multirootdata -root buffer to gather into, amount of space per root is equal to its degree

### See Also

PetscSFComputeDegreeBegin(), PetscSFScatterBegin()

Level:intermediate
Location: src/vec/is/sf/interface/sf.c
Index of all PetscSF routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

### Examples

src/vec/is/sf/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html