multiple rhs

David Fuentes fuentesdt at gmail.com
Thu Mar 12 13:50:13 CDT 2009


Thanks Matt,


Is MatCreateMPIDense the recommended matrix type to interface w/ mumps ?
Does it use a sparse direct storage or allocate the full n x n matrix?



df




On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> You can try using a sparse direct solver like MUMPS instead of PETSc LU.
>
>  Matt
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:17 AM, David Fuentes <fuentesdt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Hong,
>>
>> The complete error message is attached. I think I just had too big
>> of a matrix. The matrix i'm trying to factor is 327680 x 327680
>>
>>
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>> ------------------------------------
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Out of memory. This could be due to allocating
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: too large an object or bleeding by not properly
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: destroying unneeded objects.
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Memory allocated 2047323584 Memory used by process
>> 2074058752
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Try running with -malloc_dump or -malloc_log for info.
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Memory requested 1258466480!
>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.0.0, Patch 2, Wed Jan 14 22:57:05
>> CST 2009
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/changes/index.html for recent updates.
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/faq.html for hints about trouble shooting.
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/index.html for manual pages.
>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: ./RealTimeImaging on a gcc-4.1.2 named DIPWS019 by dfuentes
>> Wed Mar 11 20:30:37 2009
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Libraries linked from
>> /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.0.0-p2/gcc-4.1.2-mpich2-1.0.7-dbg/lib
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure run at Sat Jan 31 06:53:09 2009
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --download-f-blas-lapack=ifneeded
>> --with-mpi-dir=/usr/local --with-matlab=1 --with-matlab-engine=1
>> --with-matlab-dir=/usr/local/matlab2007a --CFLAGS=-fPIC --with-shared=0
>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: PetscMallocAlign() line 61 in src/sys/memory/mal.c
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: PetscTrMallocDefault() line 194 in src/sys/memory/mtr.c
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: PetscFreeSpaceGet() line 14 in src/mat/utils/freespace.c
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: MatLUFactorSymbolic_SeqAIJ() line 381 in
>> src/mat/impls/aij/seq/aijfact.c
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: MatLUFactorSymbolic() line 2289 in
>> src/mat/interface/matrix.c
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KalmanFilter::DirectStateUpdate() line 456 in
>> unknowndirectory/src/KalmanFilter.cxx
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: GeneratePRFTmap() line 182 in
>> unknowndirectory/src/MainDriver.cxx
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: main() line 90 in unknowndirectory/src/MainDriver.cxx
>> application called MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 55) - process 0[unset]:
>> aborting job:
>> application called MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 55) - process 0
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Hong Zhang wrote:
>>
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> I do not see any problem with the calling sequence.
>>>
>>> The memory is determined in MatLUFactorSymbolic().
>>> Does your code crashes within MatLUFactorSymbolic()?
>>> Please send us complete error message.
>>>
>>> Hong
>>>
>>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, David Fuentes wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a sparse matrix, A, with which I want to solve multiple right hand
>>>> sides
>>>> with a direct solver.  Is this the correct call sequence ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  MatGetFactor(A,MAT_SOLVER_PETSC,MAT_FACTOR_LU,&Afact);
>>>>  IS isrow,iscol;
>>>>  MatGetOrdering(A,MATORDERING_ND,&isrow,&iscol);
>>>>  MatLUFactorSymbolic(Afact,A,isrow,iscol,&info);
>>>>  MatLUFactorNumeric(Afact,A,&info);
>>>>  MatMatSolve(Afact,B,X);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> my solve keeps running out of memory
>>>>
>>>> "[0]PETSC ERROR: Memory requested xxx!"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> is this in bytes? I can't tell if the problem I'm trying to solve
>>>> is too large form my machine or if I just have bug in the call sequence.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thank you,
>>>> David Fuentes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>
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> is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments
> lead.
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