+ } else {
+ if(surf_workstation_resource->common_public->action_free(simdata->compute))
+ simdata->compute = NULL;
+ MSG_RETURN(MSG_TASK_CANCELLED);
+ }
+}
+/** \ingroup m_task_management
+ * \brief Creates a new #m_task_t (a parallel one....).
+ *
+ * A constructor for #m_task_t taking six arguments and returning the
+ corresponding object.
+ * \param name a name for the object. It is for user-level information
+ and can be NULL.
+ * \param host_nb the number of hosts implied in the parallel task.
+ * \param host_list an array of #host_nb m_host_t.
+ * \param computation_amount an array of #host_nb
+ doubles. computation_amount[i] is the total number of operations
+ that have to be performed on host_list[i].
+ * \param communication_amount an array of #host_nb*#host_nb doubles.
+ * \param data a pointer to any data may want to attach to the new
+ object. It is for user-level information and can be NULL. It can
+ be retrieved with the function \ref MSG_task_get_data.
+ * \see m_task_t
+ * \return The new corresponding object.
+ */
+m_task_t MSG_parallel_task_create(const char *name,
+ int host_nb,
+ const m_host_t *host_list,
+ double *computation_amount,
+ double *communication_amount,
+ void *data)
+{
+ simdata_task_t simdata = xbt_new0(s_simdata_task_t,1);
+ m_task_t task = xbt_new0(s_m_task_t,1);
+ int i;
+
+ /* Task structure */
+ task->name = xbt_strdup(name);
+ task->simdata = simdata;
+ task->data = data;
+
+ /* Simulator Data */
+ simdata->sleeping = xbt_dynar_new(sizeof(m_process_t),NULL);
+ simdata->rate = -1.0;
+ simdata->using = 1;
+ simdata->sender = NULL;
+ simdata->host_nb = host_nb;
+
+ simdata->host_list = xbt_new0(void *, host_nb);
+ simdata->comp_amount = computation_amount;
+ simdata->comm_amount = communication_amount;
+
+ for(i=0;i<host_nb;i++)
+ simdata->host_list[i] = host_list[i]->simdata->host;
+
+ return task;