diff --git a/tests/ntimes_filetype.c b/tests/ntimes_filetype.c
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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024, Northwestern University
+ *
+ * This program tests collective write and read calls using a user buffer
+ * datatype whose size is a multiple of the fileview datatype size.
+ *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h> /* strcpy() */
+#include <unistd.h> /* getopt() */
+
+#include <mpi.h>
+
+#define ERR \
+    if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { \
+        int errorStringLen; \
+        char errorString[MPI_MAX_ERROR_STRING]; \
+        MPI_Error_string(err, errorString, &errorStringLen); \
+        printf("Error at line %d: %s\n",__LINE__,errorString); \
+        nerrs++; \
+        goto err_out; \
+    }
+
+static void
+usage(char *argv0)
+{
+    char *help =
+    "Usage: %s [-hq | -l len | -n num] -f file_name\n"
+    "       [-h] Print this help\n"
+    "       [-q] quiet mode\n"
+    "       [-l len] length of local X and Y dimension sizes\n"
+    "       [-n num] number of file datatype to be written\n"
+    "        -f filename: output file name\n";
+    fprintf(stderr, help, argv0);
+}
+
+/*----< main() >------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    extern int optind;
+    extern char *optarg;
+    char filename[256];
+    int i, j, k, err, nerrs=0, rank, nprocs, mode, verbose=1, ntimes, len;
+    int psizes[2], gsizes[2], subsizes[2], starts[2], *lsizes;
+    int fd, local_rank[2], *buf=NULL, *buf_ptr, type_size, gap, max_nerrs;
+    double timing, max_timing;     
+    MPI_Aint lb, displace[2], extent;
+    MPI_Datatype bufType, fileType;
+    MPI_File fh;
+    MPI_Offset off;
+    MPI_Status status;
+    MPI_Info info = MPI_INFO_NULL;
+
+    MPI_Init(&argc,&argv);
+    MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &nprocs);
+    MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
+
+    ntimes = 2;
+    len = 100;  /* default dimension size */
+    gap = 4;    /* gap between 2 blocks in bufType */
+    filename[0] = '\0';
+
+    /* get command-line arguments */
+    while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "hql:n:f:")) != EOF)
+        switch(i) {
+            case 'q': verbose = 0;
+                      break;
+            case 'n': ntimes = atoi(optarg);
+                      break;
+            case 'l': len = atoi(optarg);
+                      break;
+            case 'f': strcpy(filename, optarg);
+                      break;
+            case 'h':
+            default:  if (rank==0) usage(argv[0]);
+                      MPI_Finalize();
+                      return 1;
+        }
+
+    if (filename[0] == '\0') {
+        if (rank==0) usage(argv[0]);
+        MPI_Finalize();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (verbose && rank == 0) {
+        printf("Creating a buffer datatype consisting of %d blocks\n",ntimes);
+        printf("Each block is of size %d x %d (int) = %zd\n",
+               len, len, len*len*sizeof(int));
+        printf("Gap between two consecutive blocks is %d ints\n", gap);
+    }
+
+    /* calculate number of processes along each dimension */
+    psizes[0] = psizes[1] = 0;
+    MPI_Dims_create(nprocs, 2, psizes);
+    if (verbose && rank == 0)
+        printf("process dimension psizes = %d %d\n", psizes[0], psizes[1]);
+    
+    /* find its local rank IDs along each dimension */
+    local_rank[0] = rank / psizes[1];
+    local_rank[1] = rank % psizes[1];
+    if (verbose) 
+        printf("rank %2d: local rank =      %d %d\n",
+               rank,local_rank[0],local_rank[1]);
+
+    /* create fileview data type */
+    gsizes[0] = len * psizes[0]; /* global array size */
+    gsizes[1] = len * psizes[1];
+    if (verbose && rank == 0)
+        printf("global variable shape:     %d %d\n", gsizes[0],gsizes[1]);
+
+    starts[0]   = local_rank[0] * len;
+    starts[1]   = local_rank[1] * len;
+    subsizes[0] = len;
+    subsizes[1] = len;
+    err = MPI_Type_create_subarray(2, gsizes, subsizes, starts, MPI_ORDER_C,
+                                   MPI_INT, &fileType);
+    ERR
+    err = MPI_Type_commit(&fileType);
+    ERR
+
+    MPI_Type_size(fileType, &type_size);
+    lb = 0;
+    MPI_Type_get_extent(fileType, &lb, &extent);
+    if (verbose && rank == 0)
+        printf("file   type size = %d extent = %ld\n", type_size, extent);
+
+    /* create a datatype consists of ntimes blocks, with a gap in between.
+     * Each block is of size the same as fileType size.
+     */
+    lsizes = (int*) malloc(ntimes * sizeof(int));
+    for (i=0; i<ntimes; i++) {
+        lsizes[i] = len * len;
+        displace[i] = (len * len + gap) * sizeof(int) * i;
+    }
+    err = MPI_Type_create_hindexed(ntimes, lsizes, displace, MPI_INT, &bufType);
+    ERR
+    err = MPI_Type_commit(&bufType); ERR
+    free(lsizes);
+
+    /* allocate I/O buffer */
+    MPI_Type_size(bufType, &type_size);
+    lb = 0;
+    MPI_Type_get_extent(bufType, &lb, &extent);
+    if (verbose && rank == 0)
+        printf("buffer type size = %d extent = %ld\n", type_size, extent);
+
+    buf = (int*) malloc(extent * sizeof(int));
+    k = 0;
+    for (i=0; i<ntimes; i++) {
+        for (j=0; j<len*len; j++, k++) buf[k] = 17 + rank + k;
+        k += gap;
+    }
+
+    /* open file */
+    mode = MPI_MODE_CREATE | MPI_MODE_RDWR;
+    err = MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, filename, mode, info, &fh); ERR
+
+    /* set the file view */
+    err = MPI_File_set_view(fh, 0, MPI_BYTE, fileType, "native", info);
+    ERR
+
+    /* write to the file */
+    MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+    timing = MPI_Wtime();
+    err = MPI_File_write_all(fh, buf, 1, bufType, &status); ERR
+
+    for (i=0; i<extent; i++) buf[i] = 0;
+
+    err = MPI_File_seek(fh, 0, MPI_SEEK_SET); ERR
+    err = MPI_File_read_all(fh, buf, 1, bufType, &status); ERR
+    timing = MPI_Wtime() - timing;
+
+    /* check contents of read buffer */
+    k = 0;
+    for (i=0; i<ntimes; i++) {
+        for (j=0; j<len*len; j++, k++) {
+            int exp = 17 + rank + k;
+            if (buf[k] != exp) {
+                printf("Error: buf[%d] expect %d but got %d\n", k, exp, buf[k]);
+                nerrs++;
+                i = ntimes;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        k += gap;
+    }
+
+    err = MPI_File_close(&fh); ERR
+    err = MPI_Type_free(&bufType); ERR
+    err = MPI_Type_free(&fileType); ERR
+    free(buf);
+
+    MPI_Reduce(&nerrs, &max_nerrs, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_MAX, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+    MPI_Reduce(&timing, &max_timing, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MAX, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+    if (max_nerrs == 0 && rank == 0)
+        printf("Time of collective write and read = %.2f sec\n", max_timing);
+
+err_out:
+    MPI_Finalize();
+    return (nerrs > 0);
+}
+