<div dir="ltr">Matt, <div><br></div><div>I've the following error as I tried to get the sub block matrix. I check the isrow and iscol that are passed to<font color="#000000"> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">MatGetSubMatrix</span> and</font> they look ok to me. The line 110 of ISStrideGetInfo() calls to PetscValidHeaderSpecific. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: Null argument, when expecting valid pointer</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: Null Object: Parameter # 1</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: See <a href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html">http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html</a> for trouble shooting.</div>
<div>[0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.1, Jul, 24, 2014 </div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: [1]PETSC ERROR: ./PFFEM2DSolver on a arch-linux2-c-debug named khp by khp Mon Aug 11 15:26:47 2014</div><div>Null argument, when expecting valid pointer</div>
<div>[0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --with-cc=gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-fc=gfortran --download-fblaslapack --download-mpich --download-hdf5 --download-metis --download-parmetis</div><div>[1]PETSC ERROR: Null Object: Parameter # 1</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: [0]PETSC ERROR: #1 ISStrideGetInfo() line 110 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/vec/is/is/impls/stride/stride.c</div><div>See <a href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html">http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html</a> for trouble shooting.</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.1, Jul, 24, 2014 </div><div>[1]PETSC ERROR: ./PFFEM2DSolver on a arch-linux2-c-debug named khp by khp Mon Aug 11 15:26:47 2014</div><div>[1]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --with-cc=gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-fc=gfortran --download-fblaslapack --download-mpich --download-hdf5 --download-metis --download-parmetis</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #1 ISStrideGetInfo() line 110 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/vec/is/is/impls/stride/stride.c</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #2 MatNestFindSubMat() line 357 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/mat/impls/nest/matnest.c</div>
<div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #3 MatGetLocalSubMatrix_Nest() line 411 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/mat/impls/nest/matnest.c</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #4 MatGetLocalSubMatrix() line 9224 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/mat/interface/matrix.c</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #2 MatNestFindSubMat() line 357 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/mat/impls/nest/matnest.c</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #5 jacobian_comp() line 49 in src/assembly.cpp</div><div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #3 MatGetLocalSubMatrix_Nest() line 411 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/mat/impls/nest/matnest.c</div>
<div>[0]PETSC ERROR: [1]PETSC ERROR: #6 TaoComputeJacobian() line 153 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/interface/taosolver_hj.c</div><div>#4 MatGetLocalSubMatrix() line 9224 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/mat/interface/matrix.c</div>
<div>[0]PETSC ERROR: [1]PETSC ERROR: #7 Tao_SSLS_FunctionGradient() line 63 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/complementarity/impls/ssls/ssls.c</div><div>#5 jacobian_comp() line 49 in src/assembly.cpp</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #8 TaoLineSearchComputeObjectiveAndGradient() line 941 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/linesearch/interface/taolinesearch.c</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #6 TaoComputeJacobian() line 153 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/interface/taosolver_hj.c</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #9 TaoSolve_SSILS() line 65 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/complementarity/impls/ssls/ssils.c</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #7 Tao_SSLS_FunctionGradient() line 63 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/complementarity/impls/ssls/ssls.c</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #10 TaoSolve() line 188 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/interface/taosolver.c</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #8 TaoLineSearchComputeObjectiveAndGradient() line 941 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/linesearch/interface/taolinesearch.c</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: #11 main() line 286 in src/main.cpp</div><div>
[1]PETSC ERROR: #9 TaoSolve_SSILS() line 65 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/complementarity/impls/ssls/ssils.c</div><div>[0]PETSC ERROR: ----------------End of Error Message -------send entire error message to petsc-maint@mcs.anl.gov----------</div>
<div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #10 TaoSolve() line 188 in /home/khp/bin/petsc-3.5.1/src/tao/interface/taosolver.c</div><div>[1]PETSC ERROR: #11 main() line 286 in src/main.cpp</div><div>[1]PETSC ERROR: ----------------End of Error Message -------send entire error message to petsc-maint@mcs.anl.gov----------</div>
</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Matthew Knepley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:knepley@gmail.com" target="_blank">knepley@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Khai Hong Pham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khaipham@utexas.edu" target="_blank">khaipham@utexas.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello Petsc-Users,<div><br></div><div>In the MatGetSubMatrix, if the matrix mat is a nested matrix, for example [ A00 A01 | A10 A11], and I'd like to get submat A10. Then the isrow and iscol will be the index of the subblock matrix which is (1,0) or it must be the index of all rows, columns of the submat in the mat (like in <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">MatGetSubMatrix)</span>. Please help me to clarify this. </div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>It is the later (the list of rows/cols)</div><div><br></div><div> Thsnks,</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks</div><span><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div><div>Khai</div></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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-- Norbert Wiener
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