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# PetscSFBcastWithMemTypeBegin

begin pointwise broadcast with root value being reduced to leaf value with explicit memory types, to be concluded with call to `PetscSFBcastEnd()`

## Synopsis

    #include "petscsf.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscSFBcastWithMemTypeBegin(PetscSF sf, MPI_Datatype unit, PetscMemType rootmtype, const void *rootdata, PetscMemType leafmtype, void *leafdata, MPI_Op op)

Collective

## Input Parameters

- sf - star forest on which to communicate

- unit - data type associated with each node

- rootmtype - memory type of rootdata

- rootdata - buffer to broadcast

- leafmtype - memory type of leafdata

- op - operation to use for reduction

## Output Parameter

- leafdata - buffer to be reduced with values from each leaf’s respective root

## See Also

`PetscSF`, `PetscSFBcastEnd()`, `PetscSFBcastBegin()`

## Level

intermediate

## Location

src/vec/is/sf/interface/sf.c

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