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/* Module Setup */
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#include "H5Dmodule.h" /* This source code file is part of the H5D module */

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/* Headers */
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#include "H5private.h"   /* Generic Functions			*/
#include "H5CXprivate.h" /* API Contexts                         */
#include "H5Dpkg.h"      /* Dataset functions			*/
#include "H5Eprivate.h"  /* Error handling		  	*/
#include "H5FLprivate.h" /* Free Lists                           */
#include "H5Iprivate.h"  /* IDs                                  */
#include "H5MMprivate.h" /* Memory management			*/

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/* Local Macros */
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/* Local Typedefs */
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/* Local Prototypes */
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static herr_t H5D__scatter_file(const H5D_io_info_t *io_info, H5S_sel_iter_t *file_iter, size_t nelmts,
                                const void *buf);
static size_t H5D__gather_file(const H5D_io_info_t *io_info, H5S_sel_iter_t *file_iter, size_t nelmts,
                               void *buf);
static herr_t H5D__compound_opt_read(size_t nelmts, H5S_sel_iter_t *iter, const H5D_type_info_t *type_info,
                                     void *user_buf /*out*/);
static herr_t H5D__compound_opt_write(size_t nelmts, const H5D_type_info_t *type_info);

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/* Package Variables */
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/* Local Variables */
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/* Declare extern free list to manage the H5S_sel_iter_t struct */
H5FL_EXTERN(H5S_sel_iter_t);

/* Declare extern free list to manage sequences of size_t */
H5FL_SEQ_EXTERN(size_t);

/* Declare extern free list to manage sequences of hsize_t */
H5FL_SEQ_EXTERN(hsize_t);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__scatter_file
 *
 * Purpose:	Scatters dataset elements from the type conversion buffer BUF
 *		to the file F where the data points are arranged according to
 *		the file dataspace FILE_SPACE and stored according to
 *		LAYOUT and EFL. Each element is ELMT_SIZE bytes.
 *		The caller is requesting that NELMTS elements are copied.
 *
 * Return:	Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
 *              Thursday, June 20, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static herr_t
H5D__scatter_file(const H5D_io_info_t *_io_info, H5S_sel_iter_t *iter, size_t nelmts, const void *_buf)
{
    H5D_io_info_t tmp_io_info;           /* Temporary I/O info object */
    hsize_t *     off = NULL;            /* Pointer to sequence offsets */
    hsize_t       mem_off;               /* Offset in memory */
    size_t        mem_curr_seq;          /* "Current sequence" in memory */
    size_t        dset_curr_seq;         /* "Current sequence" in dataset */
    size_t *      len = NULL;            /* Array to store sequence lengths */
    size_t        orig_mem_len, mem_len; /* Length of sequence in memory */
    size_t        nseq;                  /* Number of sequences generated */
    size_t        nelem;                 /* Number of elements used in sequences */
    size_t        dxpl_vec_size;         /* Vector length from API context's DXPL */
    size_t        vec_size;              /* Vector length */
    herr_t        ret_value = SUCCEED;   /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    /* Check args */
    HDassert(_io_info);
    HDassert(iter);
    HDassert(nelmts > 0);
    HDassert(_buf);

    /* Set up temporary I/O info object */
    H5MM_memcpy(&tmp_io_info, _io_info, sizeof(*_io_info));
    tmp_io_info.op_type = H5D_IO_OP_WRITE;
    tmp_io_info.u.wbuf  = _buf;

    /* Get info from API context */
    if (H5CX_get_vec_size(&dxpl_vec_size) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't retrieve I/O vector size")

    /* Allocate the vector I/O arrays */
    if (dxpl_vec_size > H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE)
        vec_size = dxpl_vec_size;
    else
        vec_size = H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE;
    if (NULL == (len = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(size_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate I/O length vector array")
    if (NULL == (off = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(hsize_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate I/O offset vector array")

    /* Loop until all elements are written */
    while (nelmts > 0) {
        /* Get list of sequences for selection to write */
        if (H5S_SELECT_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST(iter, vec_size, nelmts, &nseq, &nelem, off, len) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, FAIL, "sequence length generation failed")

        /* Reset the current sequence information */
        mem_curr_seq = dset_curr_seq = 0;
        orig_mem_len = mem_len = nelem * iter->elmt_size;
        mem_off                = 0;

        /* Write sequence list out */
        if ((*tmp_io_info.layout_ops.writevv)(&tmp_io_info, nseq, &dset_curr_seq, len, off, (size_t)1,
                                              &mem_curr_seq, &mem_len, &mem_off) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASPACE, H5E_WRITEERROR, FAIL, "write error")

        /* Update buffer */
        tmp_io_info.u.wbuf = (const uint8_t *)tmp_io_info.u.wbuf + orig_mem_len;

        /* Decrement number of elements left to process */
        nelmts -= nelem;
    } /* end while */

done:
    /* Release resources, if allocated */
    if (len)
        len = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(size_t, len);
    if (off)
        off = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(hsize_t, off);

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* H5D__scatter_file() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__gather_file
 *
 * Purpose:	Gathers data points from file F and accumulates them in the
 *		type conversion buffer BUF.  The LAYOUT argument describes
 *		how the data is stored on disk and EFL describes how the data
 *		is organized in external files.  ELMT_SIZE is the size in
 *		bytes of a datum which this function treats as opaque.
 *		FILE_SPACE describes the dataspace of the dataset on disk
 *		and the elements that have been selected for reading (via
 *		hyperslab, etc).  This function will copy at most NELMTS
 *		elements.
 *
 * Return:	Success:	Number of elements copied.
 *		Failure:	0
 *
 * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
 *              Monday, June 24, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static size_t
H5D__gather_file(const H5D_io_info_t *_io_info, H5S_sel_iter_t *iter, size_t nelmts, void *_buf /*out*/)
{
    H5D_io_info_t tmp_io_info;           /* Temporary I/O info object */
    hsize_t *     off = NULL;            /* Pointer to sequence offsets */
    hsize_t       mem_off;               /* Offset in memory */
    size_t        mem_curr_seq;          /* "Current sequence" in memory */
    size_t        dset_curr_seq;         /* "Current sequence" in dataset */
    size_t *      len = NULL;            /* Pointer to sequence lengths */
    size_t        orig_mem_len, mem_len; /* Length of sequence in memory */
    size_t        nseq;                  /* Number of sequences generated */
    size_t        nelem;                 /* Number of elements used in sequences */
    size_t        dxpl_vec_size;         /* Vector length from API context's DXPL */
    size_t        vec_size;              /* Vector length */
    size_t        ret_value = nelmts;    /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    /* Check args */
    HDassert(_io_info);
    HDassert(_io_info->dset);
    HDassert(_io_info->store);
    HDassert(iter);
    HDassert(nelmts > 0);
    HDassert(_buf);

    /* Set up temporary I/O info object */
    H5MM_memcpy(&tmp_io_info, _io_info, sizeof(*_io_info));
    tmp_io_info.op_type = H5D_IO_OP_READ;
    tmp_io_info.u.rbuf  = _buf;

    /* Get info from API context */
    if (H5CX_get_vec_size(&dxpl_vec_size) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, 0, "can't retrieve I/O vector size")

    /* Allocate the vector I/O arrays */
    if (dxpl_vec_size > H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE)
        vec_size = dxpl_vec_size;
    else
        vec_size = H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE;
    if (NULL == (len = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(size_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, 0, "can't allocate I/O length vector array")
    if (NULL == (off = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(hsize_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, 0, "can't allocate I/O offset vector array")

    /* Loop until all elements are read */
    while (nelmts > 0) {
        /* Get list of sequences for selection to read */
        if (H5S_SELECT_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST(iter, vec_size, nelmts, &nseq, &nelem, off, len) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, 0, "sequence length generation failed")

        /* Reset the current sequence information */
        mem_curr_seq = dset_curr_seq = 0;
        orig_mem_len = mem_len = nelem * iter->elmt_size;
        mem_off                = 0;

        /* Read sequence list in */
        if ((*tmp_io_info.layout_ops.readvv)(&tmp_io_info, nseq, &dset_curr_seq, len, off, (size_t)1,
                                             &mem_curr_seq, &mem_len, &mem_off) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASPACE, H5E_READERROR, 0, "read error")

        /* Update buffer */
        tmp_io_info.u.rbuf = (uint8_t *)tmp_io_info.u.rbuf + orig_mem_len;

        /* Decrement number of elements left to process */
        nelmts -= nelem;
    } /* end while */

done:
    /* Release resources, if allocated */
    if (len)
        len = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(size_t, len);
    if (off)
        off = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(hsize_t, off);

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* H5D__gather_file() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__scatter_mem
 *
 * Purpose:	Scatters NELMTS data points from the scatter buffer
 *		TSCAT_BUF to the application buffer BUF.  Each element is
 *		ELMT_SIZE bytes and they are organized in application memory
 *		according to SPACE.
 *
 * Return:	Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
 *              Monday, July 8, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
herr_t
H5D__scatter_mem(const void *_tscat_buf, H5S_sel_iter_t *iter, size_t nelmts, void *_buf /*out*/)
{
    uint8_t *      buf       = (uint8_t *)_buf; /* Get local copies for address arithmetic */
    const uint8_t *tscat_buf = (const uint8_t *)_tscat_buf;
    hsize_t *      off       = NULL;    /* Pointer to sequence offsets */
    size_t *       len       = NULL;    /* Pointer to sequence lengths */
    size_t         curr_len;            /* Length of bytes left to process in sequence */
    size_t         nseq;                /* Number of sequences generated */
    size_t         curr_seq;            /* Current sequence being processed */
    size_t         nelem;               /* Number of elements used in sequences */
    size_t         dxpl_vec_size;       /* Vector length from API context's DXPL */
    size_t         vec_size;            /* Vector length */
    herr_t         ret_value = SUCCEED; /* Number of elements scattered */

    FUNC_ENTER_PACKAGE

    /* Check args */
    HDassert(tscat_buf);
    HDassert(iter);
    HDassert(nelmts > 0);
    HDassert(buf);

    /* Get info from API context */
    if (H5CX_get_vec_size(&dxpl_vec_size) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't retrieve I/O vector size")

    /* Allocate the vector I/O arrays */
    if (dxpl_vec_size > H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE)
        vec_size = dxpl_vec_size;
    else
        vec_size = H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE;
    if (NULL == (len = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(size_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate I/O length vector array")
    if (NULL == (off = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(hsize_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate I/O offset vector array")

    /* Loop until all elements are written */
    while (nelmts > 0) {
        /* Get list of sequences for selection to write */
        if (H5S_SELECT_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST(iter, vec_size, nelmts, &nseq, &nelem, off, len) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, 0, "sequence length generation failed")

        /* Loop, while sequences left to process */
        for (curr_seq = 0; curr_seq < nseq; curr_seq++) {
            /* Get the number of bytes in sequence */
            curr_len = len[curr_seq];

            H5MM_memcpy(buf + off[curr_seq], tscat_buf, curr_len);

            /* Advance offset in destination buffer */
            tscat_buf += curr_len;
        } /* end for */

        /* Decrement number of elements left to process */
        nelmts -= nelem;
    } /* end while */

done:
    /* Release resources, if allocated */
    if (len)
        len = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(size_t, len);
    if (off)
        off = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(hsize_t, off);

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* H5D__scatter_mem() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__gather_mem
 *
 * Purpose:	Gathers dataset elements from application memory BUF and
 *		copies them into the gather buffer TGATH_BUF.
 *		Each element is ELMT_SIZE bytes and arranged in application
 *		memory according to SPACE.
 *		The caller is requesting that exactly NELMTS be gathered.
 *
 * Return:	Success:	Number of elements copied.
 *		Failure:	0
 *
 * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
 *              Monday, June 24, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
size_t
H5D__gather_mem(const void *_buf, H5S_sel_iter_t *iter, size_t nelmts, void *_tgath_buf /*out*/)
{
    const uint8_t *buf       = (const uint8_t *)_buf; /* Get local copies for address arithmetic */
    uint8_t *      tgath_buf = (uint8_t *)_tgath_buf;
    hsize_t *      off       = NULL;   /* Pointer to sequence offsets */
    size_t *       len       = NULL;   /* Pointer to sequence lengths */
    size_t         curr_len;           /* Length of bytes left to process in sequence */
    size_t         nseq;               /* Number of sequences generated */
    size_t         curr_seq;           /* Current sequence being processed */
    size_t         nelem;              /* Number of elements used in sequences */
    size_t         dxpl_vec_size;      /* Vector length from API context's DXPL */
    size_t         vec_size;           /* Vector length */
    size_t         ret_value = nelmts; /* Number of elements gathered */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    /* Check args */
    HDassert(buf);
    HDassert(iter);
    HDassert(nelmts > 0);
    HDassert(tgath_buf);

    /* Get info from API context */
    if (H5CX_get_vec_size(&dxpl_vec_size) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, 0, "can't retrieve I/O vector size")

    /* Allocate the vector I/O arrays */
    if (dxpl_vec_size > H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE)
        vec_size = dxpl_vec_size;
    else
        vec_size = H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE;
    if (NULL == (len = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(size_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, 0, "can't allocate I/O length vector array")
    if (NULL == (off = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(hsize_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, 0, "can't allocate I/O offset vector array")

    /* Loop until all elements are written */
    while (nelmts > 0) {
        /* Get list of sequences for selection to write */
        if (H5S_SELECT_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST(iter, vec_size, nelmts, &nseq, &nelem, off, len) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, 0, "sequence length generation failed")

        /* Loop, while sequences left to process */
        for (curr_seq = 0; curr_seq < nseq; curr_seq++) {
            /* Get the number of bytes in sequence */
            curr_len = len[curr_seq];

            H5MM_memcpy(tgath_buf, buf + off[curr_seq], curr_len);

            /* Advance offset in gather buffer */
            tgath_buf += curr_len;
        } /* end for */

        /* Decrement number of elements left to process */
        nelmts -= nelem;
    } /* end while */

done:
    /* Release resources, if allocated */
    if (len)
        len = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(size_t, len);
    if (off)
        off = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(hsize_t, off);

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* H5D__gather_mem() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__scatgath_read
 *
 * Purpose:	Perform scatter/gather ead from a contiguous [piece of a] dataset.
 *
 * Return:	Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
 *		Thursday, March  6, 2008
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
herr_t
H5D__scatgath_read(const H5D_io_info_t *io_info, const H5D_type_info_t *type_info, hsize_t nelmts,
                   H5S_t *file_space, H5S_t *mem_space)
{
    void *          buf            = io_info->u.rbuf; /* Local pointer to application buffer */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *mem_iter       = NULL;            /* Memory selection iteration info*/
    hbool_t         mem_iter_init  = FALSE; /* Memory selection iteration info has been initialized */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *bkg_iter       = NULL;  /* Background iteration info*/
    hbool_t         bkg_iter_init  = FALSE; /* Background iteration info has been initialized */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *file_iter      = NULL;  /* File selection iteration info*/
    hbool_t         file_iter_init = FALSE; /* File selection iteration info has been initialized */
    hsize_t         smine_start;            /* Strip mine start loc	*/
    size_t          smine_nelmts;           /* Elements per strip	*/
    herr_t          ret_value = SUCCEED;    /* Return value		*/

    FUNC_ENTER_PACKAGE

    /* Sanity check */
    HDassert(io_info);
    HDassert(type_info);
    HDassert(mem_space);
    HDassert(file_space);
    HDassert(buf);

    /* Check for NOOP read */
    if (nelmts == 0)
        HGOTO_DONE(SUCCEED)

    /* Allocate the iterators */
    if (NULL == (mem_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate memory iterator")
    if (NULL == (bkg_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate background iterator")
    if (NULL == (file_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate file iterator")

    /* Figure out the strip mine size. */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(file_iter, file_space, type_info->src_type_size,
                             H5S_SEL_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST_SORTED) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize file selection information")
    file_iter_init = TRUE; /*file selection iteration info has been initialized */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(mem_iter, mem_space, type_info->dst_type_size, 0) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize memory selection information")
    mem_iter_init = TRUE; /*file selection iteration info has been initialized */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(bkg_iter, mem_space, type_info->dst_type_size, 0) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize background selection information")
    bkg_iter_init = TRUE; /*file selection iteration info has been initialized */

    /* Start strip mining... */
    for (smine_start = 0; smine_start < nelmts; smine_start += smine_nelmts) {
        size_t n; /* Elements operated on */

        /* Go figure out how many elements to read from the file */
        HDassert(H5S_SELECT_ITER_NELMTS(file_iter) == (nelmts - smine_start));
        smine_nelmts = (size_t)MIN(type_info->request_nelmts, (nelmts - smine_start));

        /*
         * Gather the data from disk into the datatype conversion
         * buffer. Also gather data from application to background buffer
         * if necessary.
         */

        /*
         * Gather data
         */
        n = H5D__gather_file(io_info, file_iter, smine_nelmts, type_info->tconv_buf /*out*/);
        if (n != smine_nelmts)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_IO, H5E_READERROR, FAIL, "file gather failed")

        /* If the source and destination are compound types and subset of each other
         * and no conversion is needed, copy the data directly into user's buffer and
         * bypass the rest of steps.
         */
        if (type_info->cmpd_subset && H5T_SUBSET_FALSE != type_info->cmpd_subset->subset) {
            if (H5D__compound_opt_read(smine_nelmts, mem_iter, type_info, buf /*out*/) < 0)
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "datatype conversion failed")
        } /* end if */
        else {
            if (H5T_BKG_YES == type_info->need_bkg) {
                n = H5D__gather_mem(buf, bkg_iter, smine_nelmts, type_info->bkg_buf /*out*/);
                if (n != smine_nelmts)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_IO, H5E_READERROR, FAIL, "mem gather failed")
            } /* end if */

            /*
             * Perform datatype conversion.
             */
            if (H5T_convert(type_info->tpath, type_info->src_type_id, type_info->dst_type_id, smine_nelmts,
                            (size_t)0, (size_t)0, type_info->tconv_buf, type_info->bkg_buf) < 0)
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTCONVERT, FAIL, "datatype conversion failed")

            /* Do the data transform after the conversion (since we're using type mem_type) */
            if (!type_info->is_xform_noop) {
                H5Z_data_xform_t *data_transform; /* Data transform info */

                /* Retrieve info from API context */
                if (H5CX_get_data_transform(&data_transform) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't get data transform info")

                if (H5Z_xform_eval(data_transform, type_info->tconv_buf, smine_nelmts, type_info->mem_type) <
                    0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "Error performing data transform")
            }

            /* Scatter the data into memory */
            if (H5D__scatter_mem(type_info->tconv_buf, mem_iter, smine_nelmts, buf /*out*/) < 0)
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_READERROR, FAIL, "scatter failed")
        } /* end else */
    }     /* end for */

done:
    /* Release selection iterators */
    if (file_iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(file_iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (file_iter)
        file_iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, file_iter);
    if (mem_iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(mem_iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (mem_iter)
        mem_iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, mem_iter);
    if (bkg_iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(bkg_iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (bkg_iter)
        bkg_iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, bkg_iter);

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* end H5D__scatgath_read() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__scatgath_write
 *
 * Purpose:	Perform scatter/gather write to a contiguous [piece of a] dataset.
 *
 * Return:	Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
 *		Thursday, March  6, 2008
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
herr_t
H5D__scatgath_write(const H5D_io_info_t *io_info, const H5D_type_info_t *type_info, hsize_t nelmts,
                    H5S_t *file_space, H5S_t *mem_space)
{
    const void *    buf            = io_info->u.wbuf; /* Local pointer to application buffer */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *mem_iter       = NULL;            /* Memory selection iteration info*/
    hbool_t         mem_iter_init  = FALSE; /* Memory selection iteration info has been initialized */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *bkg_iter       = NULL;  /* Background iteration info*/
    hbool_t         bkg_iter_init  = FALSE; /* Background iteration info has been initialized */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *file_iter      = NULL;  /* File selection iteration info*/
    hbool_t         file_iter_init = FALSE; /* File selection iteration info has been initialized */
    hsize_t         smine_start;            /* Strip mine start loc	*/
    size_t          smine_nelmts;           /* Elements per strip	*/
    herr_t          ret_value = SUCCEED;    /* Return value		*/

    FUNC_ENTER_PACKAGE

    /* Sanity check */
    HDassert(io_info);
    HDassert(type_info);
    HDassert(mem_space);
    HDassert(file_space);
    HDassert(buf);

    /* Check for NOOP write */
    if (nelmts == 0)
        HGOTO_DONE(SUCCEED)

    /* Allocate the iterators */
    if (NULL == (mem_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate memory iterator")
    if (NULL == (bkg_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate background iterator")
    if (NULL == (file_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate file iterator")

    /* Figure out the strip mine size. */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(file_iter, file_space, type_info->dst_type_size,
                             H5S_SEL_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST_SORTED) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize file selection information")
    file_iter_init = TRUE; /*file selection iteration info has been initialized */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(mem_iter, mem_space, type_info->src_type_size, 0) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize memory selection information")
    mem_iter_init = TRUE; /*file selection iteration info has been initialized */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(bkg_iter, file_space, type_info->dst_type_size,
                             H5S_SEL_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST_SORTED) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize background selection information")
    bkg_iter_init = TRUE; /*file selection iteration info has been initialized */

    /* Start strip mining... */
    for (smine_start = 0; smine_start < nelmts; smine_start += smine_nelmts) {
        size_t n; /* Elements operated on */

        /* Go figure out how many elements to read from the file */
        HDassert(H5S_SELECT_ITER_NELMTS(file_iter) == (nelmts - smine_start));
        smine_nelmts = (size_t)MIN(type_info->request_nelmts, (nelmts - smine_start));

        /*
         * Gather data from application buffer into the datatype conversion
         * buffer. Also gather data from the file into the background buffer
         * if necessary.
         */
        n = H5D__gather_mem(buf, mem_iter, smine_nelmts, type_info->tconv_buf /*out*/);
        if (n != smine_nelmts)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_IO, H5E_WRITEERROR, FAIL, "mem gather failed")

        /* If the source and destination are compound types and the destination is
         * is a subset of the source and no conversion is needed, copy the data
         * directly into user's buffer and bypass the rest of steps.  If the source
         * is a subset of the destination, the optimization is done in conversion
         * function H5T_conv_struct_opt to protect the background data.
         */
        if (type_info->cmpd_subset && H5T_SUBSET_DST == type_info->cmpd_subset->subset &&
            type_info->dst_type_size == type_info->cmpd_subset->copy_size) {
            if (H5D__compound_opt_write(smine_nelmts, type_info) < 0)
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "datatype conversion failed")
        } /* end if */
        else {
            if (H5T_BKG_YES == type_info->need_bkg) {
                n = H5D__gather_file(io_info, bkg_iter, smine_nelmts, type_info->bkg_buf /*out*/);
                if (n != smine_nelmts)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_IO, H5E_READERROR, FAIL, "file gather failed")
            } /* end if */

            /* Do the data transform before the type conversion (since
             * transforms must be done in the memory type). */
            if (!type_info->is_xform_noop) {
                H5Z_data_xform_t *data_transform; /* Data transform info */

                /* Retrieve info from API context */
                if (H5CX_get_data_transform(&data_transform) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't get data transform info")

                if (H5Z_xform_eval(data_transform, type_info->tconv_buf, smine_nelmts, type_info->mem_type) <
                    0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "Error performing data transform")
            }

            /*
             * Perform datatype conversion.
             */
            if (H5T_convert(type_info->tpath, type_info->src_type_id, type_info->dst_type_id, smine_nelmts,
                            (size_t)0, (size_t)0, type_info->tconv_buf, type_info->bkg_buf) < 0)
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTCONVERT, FAIL, "datatype conversion failed")
        } /* end else */

        /*
         * Scatter the data out to the file.
         */
        if (H5D__scatter_file(io_info, file_iter, smine_nelmts, type_info->tconv_buf) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_WRITEERROR, FAIL, "scatter failed")
    } /* end for */

done:
    /* Release selection iterators */
    if (file_iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(file_iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (file_iter)
        file_iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, file_iter);
    if (mem_iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(mem_iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (mem_iter)
        mem_iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, mem_iter);
    if (bkg_iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(bkg_iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (bkg_iter)
        bkg_iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, bkg_iter);

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* end H5D__scatgath_write() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__compound_opt_read
 *
 * Purpose:	A special optimization case when the source and
 *              destination members are a subset of each other, and
 *              the order is the same, and no conversion is needed.
 *              For example:
 *                  struct source {            struct destination {
 *                      TYPE1 A;      -->          TYPE1 A;
 *                      TYPE2 B;      -->          TYPE2 B;
 *                      TYPE3 C;      -->          TYPE3 C;
 *                  };                             TYPE4 D;
 *                                                 TYPE5 E;
 *                                             };
 *              or
 *                  struct destination {       struct source {
 *                      TYPE1 A;      <--          TYPE1 A;
 *                      TYPE2 B;      <--          TYPE2 B;
 *                      TYPE3 C;      <--          TYPE3 C;
 *                  };                             TYPE4 D;
 *                                                 TYPE5 E;
 *                                             };
 *              The optimization is simply moving data to the appropriate
 *              places in the buffer.
 *
 * Return:	Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
 *		11 June 2007
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static herr_t
H5D__compound_opt_read(size_t nelmts, H5S_sel_iter_t *iter, const H5D_type_info_t *type_info,
                       void *user_buf /*out*/)
{
    uint8_t *ubuf = (uint8_t *)user_buf; /* Cast for pointer arithmetic	*/
    uint8_t *xdbuf;                      /* Pointer into dataset buffer */
    hsize_t *off = NULL;                 /* Pointer to sequence offsets */
    size_t * len = NULL;                 /* Pointer to sequence lengths */
    size_t   src_stride, dst_stride, copy_size;
    size_t   dxpl_vec_size;       /* Vector length from API context's DXPL */
    size_t   vec_size;            /* Vector length */
    herr_t   ret_value = SUCCEED; /* Return value		*/

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    /* Check args */
    HDassert(nelmts > 0);
    HDassert(iter);
    HDassert(type_info);
    HDassert(type_info->cmpd_subset);
    HDassert(H5T_SUBSET_SRC == type_info->cmpd_subset->subset ||
             H5T_SUBSET_DST == type_info->cmpd_subset->subset);
    HDassert(user_buf);

    /* Get info from API context */
    if (H5CX_get_vec_size(&dxpl_vec_size) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't retrieve I/O vector size")

    /* Allocate the vector I/O arrays */
    if (dxpl_vec_size > H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE)
        vec_size = dxpl_vec_size;
    else
        vec_size = H5D_IO_VECTOR_SIZE;
    if (NULL == (len = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(size_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate I/O length vector array")
    if (NULL == (off = H5FL_SEQ_MALLOC(hsize_t, vec_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate I/O offset vector array")

    /* Get source & destination strides */
    src_stride = type_info->src_type_size;
    dst_stride = type_info->dst_type_size;

    /* Get the size, in bytes, to copy for each element */
    copy_size = type_info->cmpd_subset->copy_size;

    /* Loop until all elements are written */
    xdbuf = type_info->tconv_buf;
    while (nelmts > 0) {
        size_t nseq;     /* Number of sequences generated */
        size_t curr_seq; /* Current sequence being processed */
        size_t elmtno;   /* Element counter */

        /* Get list of sequences for selection to write */
        if (H5S_SELECT_ITER_GET_SEQ_LIST(iter, vec_size, nelmts, &nseq, &elmtno, off, len) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, 0, "sequence length generation failed")

        /* Loop, while sequences left to process */
        for (curr_seq = 0; curr_seq < nseq; curr_seq++) {
            size_t   curr_off;    /* Offset of bytes left to process in sequence */
            size_t   curr_len;    /* Length of bytes left to process in sequence */
            size_t   curr_nelmts; /* Number of elements to process in sequence   */
            uint8_t *xubuf;
            size_t   i; /* Local index variable */

            /* Get the number of bytes and offset in sequence */
            curr_len = len[curr_seq];
            H5_CHECK_OVERFLOW(off[curr_seq], hsize_t, size_t);
            curr_off = (size_t)off[curr_seq];

            /* Decide the number of elements and position in the buffer. */
            curr_nelmts = curr_len / dst_stride;
            xubuf       = ubuf + curr_off;

            /* Copy the data into the right place. */
            for (i = 0; i < curr_nelmts; i++) {
                HDmemmove(xubuf, xdbuf, copy_size);

                /* Update pointers */
                xdbuf += src_stride;
                xubuf += dst_stride;
            } /* end for */
        }     /* end for */

        /* Decrement number of elements left to process */
        nelmts -= elmtno;
    } /* end while */

done:
    /* Release resources, if allocated */
    if (len)
        len = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(size_t, len);
    if (off)
        off = H5FL_SEQ_FREE(hsize_t, off);

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* end H5D__compound_opt_read() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5D__compound_opt_write
 *
 * Purpose:	A special optimization case when the source and
 *              destination members are a subset of each other, and
 *              the order is the same, and no conversion is needed.
 *              For example:
 *                  struct source {            struct destination {
 *                      TYPE1 A;      -->          TYPE1 A;
 *                      TYPE2 B;      -->          TYPE2 B;
 *                      TYPE3 C;      -->          TYPE3 C;
 *                  };                             TYPE4 D;
 *                                                 TYPE5 E;
 *                                             };
 *              or
 *                  struct destination {       struct source {
 *                      TYPE1 A;      <--          TYPE1 A;
 *                      TYPE2 B;      <--          TYPE2 B;
 *                      TYPE3 C;      <--          TYPE3 C;
 *                  };                             TYPE4 D;
 *                                                 TYPE5 E;
 *                                             };
 *              The optimization is simply moving data to the appropriate
 *              places in the buffer.
 *
 *
 * Return:	Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
 *		11 June 2007
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static herr_t
H5D__compound_opt_write(size_t nelmts, const H5D_type_info_t *type_info)
{
    uint8_t *xsbuf, *xdbuf;          /* Source & destination pointers into dataset buffer */
    size_t   src_stride, dst_stride; /* Strides through source & destination datatypes */
    size_t   i;                      /* Local index variable */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC_NOERR

    /* Check args */
    HDassert(nelmts > 0);
    HDassert(type_info);

    /* Initialize values for loop */
    src_stride = type_info->src_type_size;
    dst_stride = type_info->dst_type_size;

    /* Loop until all elements are written */
    xsbuf = (uint8_t *)type_info->tconv_buf;
    xdbuf = (uint8_t *)type_info->tconv_buf;
    for (i = 0; i < nelmts; i++) {
        HDmemmove(xdbuf, xsbuf, dst_stride);

        /* Update pointers */
        xsbuf += src_stride;
        xdbuf += dst_stride;
    } /* end for */

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
} /* end H5D__compound_opt_write() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:    H5Dscatter
 *
 * Purpose:     Scatters data provided by the callback op to the
 *              destination buffer dst_buf, where the dimensions of
 *              dst_buf and the selection to be scattered to are specified
 *              by the dataspace dst_space_id.  The type of the data to be
 *              scattered is specified by type_id.
 *
 * Return:      Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:  Neil Fortner
 *              14 Jan 2013
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
herr_t
H5Dscatter(H5D_scatter_func_t op, void *op_data, hid_t type_id, hid_t dst_space_id, void *dst_buf)
{
    H5T_t *         type;                     /* Datatype */
    H5S_t *         dst_space;                /* Dataspace */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *iter           = NULL;    /* Selection iteration info*/
    hbool_t         iter_init      = FALSE;   /* Selection iteration info has been initialized */
    const void *    src_buf        = NULL;    /* Source (contiguous) data buffer */
    size_t          src_buf_nbytes = 0;       /* Size of src_buf */
    size_t          type_size;                /* Datatype element size */
    hssize_t        nelmts;                   /* Number of remaining elements in selection */
    size_t          nelmts_scatter = 0;       /* Number of elements to scatter to dst_buf */
    herr_t          ret_value      = SUCCEED; /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_API(FAIL)
    H5TRACE5("e", "x*xii*x", op, op_data, type_id, dst_space_id, dst_buf);

    /* Check args */
    if (op == NULL)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "invalid callback function pointer")
    if (NULL == (type = (H5T_t *)H5I_object_verify(type_id, H5I_DATATYPE)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "not a datatype")
    if (NULL == (dst_space = (H5S_t *)H5I_object_verify(dst_space_id, H5I_DATASPACE)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "not a dataspace")
    if (dst_buf == NULL)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no destination buffer provided")

    /* Get datatype element size */
    if (0 == (type_size = H5T_GET_SIZE(type)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't get datatype size")

    /* Get number of elements in dataspace */
    if ((nelmts = (hssize_t)H5S_GET_SELECT_NPOINTS(dst_space)) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTCOUNT, FAIL, "unable to get number of elements in selection")

    /* Allocate the selection iterator */
    if (NULL == (iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate selection iterator")

    /* Initialize selection iterator */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(iter, dst_space, type_size, 0) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize selection iterator information")
    iter_init = TRUE;

    /* Loop until all data has been scattered */
    while (nelmts > 0) {
        /* Make callback to retrieve data */
        if (op(&src_buf, &src_buf_nbytes, op_data) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CALLBACK, FAIL, "callback operator returned failure")

        /* Calculate number of elements */
        nelmts_scatter = src_buf_nbytes / type_size;

        /* Check callback results */
        if (!src_buf)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "callback did not return a buffer")
        if (src_buf_nbytes == 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "callback returned a buffer size of 0")
        if (src_buf_nbytes % type_size)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "buffer size is not a multiple of datatype size")
        if (nelmts_scatter > (size_t)nelmts)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "callback returned more elements than in selection")

        /* Scatter data */
        if (H5D__scatter_mem(src_buf, iter, nelmts_scatter, dst_buf) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL, "scatter failed")

        nelmts -= (hssize_t)nelmts_scatter;
    } /* end while */

done:
    /* Release selection iterator */
    if (iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (iter)
        iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, iter);

    FUNC_LEAVE_API(ret_value)
} /* H5Dscatter() */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:    H5Dgather
 *
 * Purpose:     Gathers data provided from the source buffer src_buf to
 *              contiguous buffer dst_buf, then calls the callback op.
 *              The dimensions of src_buf and the selection to be gathered
 *              are specified by the dataspace src_space_id.  The type of
 *              the data to be gathered is specified by type_id.
 *
 * Return:      Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 *
 * Programmer:  Neil Fortner
 *              16 Jan 2013
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
herr_t
H5Dgather(hid_t src_space_id, const void *src_buf, hid_t type_id, size_t dst_buf_size, void *dst_buf,
          H5D_gather_func_t op, void *op_data)
{
    H5T_t *         type;                /* Datatype */
    H5S_t *         src_space;           /* Dataspace */
    H5S_sel_iter_t *iter      = NULL;    /* Selection iteration info*/
    hbool_t         iter_init = FALSE;   /* Selection iteration info has been initialized */
    size_t          type_size;           /* Datatype element size */
    hssize_t        nelmts;              /* Number of remaining elements in selection */
    size_t          dst_buf_nelmts;      /* Number of elements that can fit in dst_buf */
    size_t          nelmts_gathered;     /* Number of elements gathered from src_buf */
    herr_t          ret_value = SUCCEED; /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_API(FAIL)
    H5TRACE7("e", "i*xiz*xx*x", src_space_id, src_buf, type_id, dst_buf_size, dst_buf, op, op_data);

    /* Check args */
    if (NULL == (src_space = (H5S_t *)H5I_object_verify(src_space_id, H5I_DATASPACE)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "not a dataspace")
    if (src_buf == NULL)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no source buffer provided")
    if (NULL == (type = (H5T_t *)H5I_object_verify(type_id, H5I_DATATYPE)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "not a datatype")
    if (dst_buf_size == 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "destination buffer size is 0")
    if (dst_buf == NULL)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no destination buffer provided")

    /* Get datatype element size */
    if (0 == (type_size = H5T_GET_SIZE(type)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't get datatype size")

    /* Get number of elements in dst_buf_size */
    dst_buf_nelmts = dst_buf_size / type_size;
    if (dst_buf_nelmts == 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                    "destination buffer is not large enough to hold one element")

    /* Get number of elements in dataspace */
    if ((nelmts = (hssize_t)H5S_GET_SELECT_NPOINTS(src_space)) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTCOUNT, FAIL, "unable to get number of elements in selection")

    /* If dst_buf is not large enough to hold all the elements, make sure there
     * is a callback */
    if (((size_t)nelmts > dst_buf_nelmts) && (op == NULL))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no callback supplied and destination buffer too small")

    /* Allocate the selection iterator */
    if (NULL == (iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate selection iterator")

    /* Initialize selection iterator */
    if (H5S_select_iter_init(iter, src_space, type_size, 0) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize selection iterator information")
    iter_init = TRUE;

    /* Loop until all data has been scattered */
    while (nelmts > 0) {
        /* Gather data */
        if (0 ==
            (nelmts_gathered = H5D__gather_mem(src_buf, iter, MIN(dst_buf_nelmts, (size_t)nelmts), dst_buf)))
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_IO, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL, "gather failed")
        HDassert(nelmts_gathered == MIN(dst_buf_nelmts, (size_t)nelmts));

        /* Make callback to process dst_buf */
        if (op && op(dst_buf, nelmts_gathered * type_size, op_data) < 0)
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CALLBACK, FAIL, "callback operator returned failure")

        nelmts -= (hssize_t)nelmts_gathered;
        HDassert(op || (nelmts == 0));
    } /* end while */

done:
    /* Release selection iterator */
    if (iter_init && H5S_SELECT_ITER_RELEASE(iter) < 0)
        HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTFREE, FAIL, "Can't release selection iterator")
    if (iter)
        iter = H5FL_FREE(H5S_sel_iter_t, iter);

    FUNC_LEAVE_API(ret_value)
} /* H5Dgather() */