<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div> Please apply the attached patch (you just need to run make libs in the petsc director after you apply it) and see if the VecScale flop rate changes.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Barry</div><div class=""></div></body></html>