H5Part 1.6.4 release

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+#### H5PART 1.6.4 ############################################################
+
+Fixed bug where H5PartSetViewIndices was not setting an empty view when the
+number of elements is 0.
+
+Set a threshold on the HDF5 alignment parameter so that small metadata writes
+are not aligned, which causes large gaps in the file.
+
 #### H5PART 1.6.3 ############################################################
 
 New build system uses libtool and can build shared libraries.

configure.ac

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Every configure script must call AC_INIT before doing anything else.
 # AC_INIT (package, version, [bug-report], [tarname])
-AC_INIT([H5Part], [1.6.3], [h5part@lists.psi.ch], H5Part)
+AC_INIT([H5Part], [1.6.4], [h5part@lists.psi.ch], H5Part)
 
 # Ensure that a recent enough version of Autoconf is being used. 
 # If the version of Autoconf being used to create configure is earlier than version, 

src/H5Part.c

@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ _H5Part_open_file (
 
 	if ( align != 0 ) {
 		_H5Part_print_info (
-			"Setting HDF5 alignment to %ld bytes",
+			"Setting HDF5 alignment to %ld bytes with threshold at half that many bytes",
 			align );
-		if (H5Pset_alignment ( f->access_prop, 0, align ) < 0) {
+		if (H5Pset_alignment ( f->access_prop, align/2, align ) < 0) {
 			HANDLE_H5P_SET_FAPL_ERR;
 			goto error_cleanup;
 		}
@@ -2859,9 +2859,9 @@ _set_view_indices (
 	herr = _reset_view ( f );
 	if ( herr < 0 ) return herr;
 
-	if ( indices == NULL || nelems <= 0 ) {
+	if ( indices == NULL || nelems < 0 ) {
 		_H5Part_print_warn (
-			"View indices array is null or size is <= 0: reseting view." );
+			"View indices array is null or size is < 0: reseting view." );
 		return H5PART_SUCCESS;
 	}
 

src/H5Part.h

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "H5MultiBlock.h"
 #endif
 
-#define H5PART_VER_STRING	"1.6.3"
+#define H5PART_VER_STRING	"1.6.4"
 #define H5PART_VER_MAJOR	1
 #define H5PART_VER_MINOR	6
-#define H5PART_VER_RELEASE	3
+#define H5PART_VER_RELEASE	4
 
 /* error values */
 #define H5PART_SUCCESS		0