threads
MPI does not specify the interaction of blocking communication calls with the thread scheduler in a multi-threaded implementation of MPI. The desired behavior is that a blocking communication call blocks only the issuing thread, allowing another thread to be scheduled. The blocked thread will be rescheduled when the blocked call is satisfied. That is, when data has been copied out of the send buffer, for a send operation, or copied into the receive buffer, for a receive operation. When a thread executes concurrently with a blocked communication operation, it is the user's responsibility not to access or modify a communication buffer until the communication completes. Otherwise, the outcome of the computation is undefined.