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#### 7.11 psb_max — Global maximum

    call psb_max(ctxt, dat [, root, mode, request])

This subroutine implements a maximum valuereduction operation based on the underlying communication library.

Type:
  Synchronous.
On Entry
ctxt
  the communication context identifying the virtual parallel machine.
  Scope: global.
  Type: required.
  Intent: in.
  Specified as: an integer variable.
dat
  The local contribution to the global maximum.
  Scope: local.
  Type: required.
  Intent: inout.
  Specified as: an integer or real variable, which may be a scalar, or a rank 1 or 2 array. Type, kind, rank and size must agree on all processes.
root
  Process to hold the final maximum, or -1 to make it available on all processes.
  Scope: global.
  Type: optional.
  Intent: in.
  Specified as: an integer value -1 <= root <= np - 1, default -1.
mode
  Whether the call is started in non-blocking mode and completed later, or is executed synchronously.
  Scope: global.
  Type: optional.
  Intent: in.
  Specified as: an integer value. The action to be taken is determined by its bit fields, which can be set with bitwise OR. Basic action values are psb_collective_start_, psb_collective_end_. Default: both fields are selected (i.e. require synchronous completion).
request
  A request variable to check for operation completion.
  Scope: local.
  Type: optional.
  Intent: inout.
  If mode does not specify synchronous completion, then this variable must be present.

On Return
dat
  On destination process(es), the result of the maximum operation.
  Scope: global.
  Type: required.
  Intent: in.
  Specified as: an integer or real variable, which may be a scalar, or a rank 1 or 2 array. Type, kind, rank and size must agree on all processes.
request
  A request variable to check for operation completion.
  Scope: local.
  Type: optional.
  Intent: inout.
  If mode does not specify synchronous completion, then this variable must be present.

Notes

1. The dat argument is both input and output, and its value may be changed even on processes different from the final result destination.
2. The mode argument can be built with the bitwise IOR() operator; in the following example, the argument is forcing immediate completion, hence the request argument needs not be specified:

         call psb_max(ctxt,dat,mode=ior(psb_collective_start_,psb_collective_end_))

3. When splitting the operation in two calls, the dat argument must not be accessed between calls:

         call psb_max(ctxt,dat,mode=psb_collective_start_,request=max_request)
         ....... ! Do not access dat
         call psb_max(ctxt,dat,mode=psb_collective_end_,request=max_request)

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