mp_sync Subroutine

   SUBROUTINE mp_sync(group)
      !! synchronizes with a barrier a given group of mpi tasks

      TYPE(mp_comm_type), INTENT(IN)                                :: group
         !! mpi communicator

      CHARACTER(LEN=*), PARAMETER :: routineN = 'mp_sync'

      INTEGER                                            :: handle, ierr

      ierr = 0
      CALL timeset(routineN, handle)

#if defined(__parallel)
      CALL mpi_barrier(group%handle, ierr)
      IF (ierr /= 0) CALL mp_stop(ierr, "mpi_barrier @ "//routineN)
#else
      MARK_USED(group)
#endif
      CALL timestop(handle)

   END SUBROUTINE mp_sync