return task;
}
+/** \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 \p host_nb m_host_t.
+ * \param computation_amount an array of \p 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 \p host_nb* \p 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)
+{
+ m_task_t task = MSG_task_create(name, 0, 0, data);
+ simdata_task_t simdata = task->simdata;
+ int i;
+
+ /* Simulator Data specific to parallel tasks */
+ simdata->host_nb = host_nb;
+ simdata->host_list = xbt_new0(smx_host_t, 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]->smx_host;
+
+ return task;
+}
+
/*************** Begin GPU ***************/
/** \ingroup m_task_management
* \brief Creates a new #m_gpu_task_t.
