[petsc-dev] PetscLayoutFindOwner and PetscLayoutFindOwnerIndex

[Pierre Jolivet]

> On 16 Oct 2019, at 8:01 PM, Zhang, Junchao <jczhang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> The value of "owner" should fit in PetscMPIInt.

Are you implying that BuildSystem always promotes PetscInt to be able to store a PetscMPIInt (what if you configure with 32 bit indices and a 64 bit MPI implementation)?

Thanks,
Pierre

> But if you change prototype of the two functions, you have to change all their uses.
> In petsc, values representing MPI ranks are not always of type PetscMPIInt. Only those closely tied to MPI routines are in PetscMPIInt.
> 
> --Junchao Zhang
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 5:19 AM Pierre Jolivet via petsc-dev <petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
> Hello,
> These two functions use a parameter “owner” of type PetscInt*.
> Shouldn’t this be PetscMPIInt*?
> This implies changes left and right, so I want to check I’m not pushing an incorrect MR.
> 
> Thanks,
> Pierre

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