[petsc-users] What function could be used to redistribute a matrix?

[Jed Brown]

Fande Kong <fdkong.jd at gmail.com> writes:
> I want to redistribute a parallel matrix after it is partitioned by a
> partitioner; for example, ParMETIS. Are there any functions for this
> purpose?

MatPermute or MatGetSubMatrix.

Note that you usually want to partition a mesh, then assemble a matrix
in a distribution that matches the mesh.  I'd say redistributing the
matrix after partitioning is an algorithm smell for PDE-type problems.
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