[petsc-users] DIVERGED_PCSETUP_FAILED

Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov
Wed Feb 10 22:15:25 CST 2016


   You can try the option

-mat_superlu_dist_replacetinypivot true

if you are luck it get you past the zero pivot but still give an adequate preconditioner.

  Barry

> On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:49 PM, Michele Rosso <mrosso at uci.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hong,
> 
> here if the output of grep -info:
> 
>         using diagonal shift on blocks to prevent zero pivot [INBLOCKS]
>                   Replace tiny pivots FALSE
>         tolerance for zero pivot 2.22045e-14
> 
> It seems it is not replacing small pivots: could this be the problem?
> I will also try Barry's suggestion to diagnose the problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michele
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2016-02-10 at 21:22 -0600, Barry Smith wrote:
>> > On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:00 PM, Hong <hzhang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Michele :
>> > Superlu_dist LU is used for coarse grid PC, which likely produces a zero-pivot.
>> > Run your code with '-info |grep pivot' to  verify.
>> 
>> 
>>   Michele
>> 
>>    You can also run with -ksp_error_if_not_converged in or not in the debugger and it will stop immediately when the problem is detected and hopefully provide additional useful  information about what has happened.
>> 
>>   Barry
>> 
>> 
>> > 
>> > Hong
>> > 
>> > Hi Matt,
>> > 
>> > the ksp_view output was an attachment to my previous email.
>> > Here it is:
>> > 
>> > KSP Object: 1 MPI processes
>> >   type: cg
>> >   maximum iterations=10000
>> >   tolerances:  relative=1e-08, absolute=1e-50, divergence=10000.
>> >   left preconditioning
>> >   using nonzero initial guess
>> >   using UNPRECONDITIONED norm type for convergence test
>> > PC Object: 1 MPI processes
>> >   type: mg
>> >     MG: type is MULTIPLICATIVE, levels=4 cycles=v
>> >       Cycles per PCApply=1
>> >       Using Galerkin computed coarse grid matrices
>> >   Coarse grid solver -- level -------------------------------
>> >     KSP Object:    (mg_coarse_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: preonly
>> >       maximum iterations=1, initial guess is zero
>> >       tolerances:  relative=1e-05, absolute=1e-50, divergence=10000.
>> >       left preconditioning
>> >       using NONE norm type for convergence test
>> >     PC Object:    (mg_coarse_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: lu
>> >         LU: out-of-place factorization
>> >         tolerance for zero pivot 2.22045e-14
>> >         using diagonal shift on blocks to prevent zero pivot [INBLOCKS]
>> >         matrix ordering: nd
>> >         factor fill ratio given 0., needed 0.
>> >           Factored matrix follows:
>> >             Mat Object:             1 MPI processes
>> >               type: seqaij
>> >               rows=16, cols=16
>> >               package used to perform factorization: superlu_dist
>> >               total: nonzeros=0, allocated nonzeros=0
>> >               total number of mallocs used during MatSetValues calls =0
>> >                 SuperLU_DIST run parameters:
>> >                   Process grid nprow 1 x npcol 1 
>> >                   Equilibrate matrix TRUE 
>> >                   Matrix input mode 0 
>> >                   Replace tiny pivots FALSE 
>> >                   Use iterative refinement FALSE 
>> >                   Processors in row 1 col partition 1 
>> >                   Row permutation LargeDiag 
>> >                   Column permutation METIS_AT_PLUS_A
>> >                   Parallel symbolic factorization FALSE 
>> >                   Repeated factorization SamePattern
>> >       linear system matrix = precond matrix:
>> >       Mat Object:       1 MPI processes
>> >         type: seqaij
>> >         rows=16, cols=16
>> >         total: nonzeros=72, allocated nonzeros=72
>> >         total number of mallocs used during MatSetValues calls =0
>> >           not using I-node routines
>> >   Down solver (pre-smoother) on level 1 -------------------------------
>> >     KSP Object:    (mg_levels_1_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: richardson
>> >         Richardson: damping factor=1.
>> >       maximum iterations=2
>> >       tolerances:  relative=1e-05, absolute=1e-50, divergence=10000.
>> >       left preconditioning
>> >       using nonzero initial guess
>> >       using NONE norm type for convergence test
>> >     PC Object:    (mg_levels_1_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: sor
>> >         SOR: type = local_symmetric, iterations = 1, local iterations = 1, omega = 1.
>> >       linear system matrix = precond matrix:
>> >       Mat Object:       1 MPI processes
>> >         type: seqaij
>> >         rows=64, cols=64
>> >         total: nonzeros=304, allocated nonzeros=304
>> >         total number of mallocs used during MatSetValues calls =0
>> >           not using I-node routines
>> >   Up solver (post-smoother) same as down solver (pre-smoother)
>> >   Down solver (pre-smoother) on level 2 -------------------------------
>> >     KSP Object:    (mg_levels_2_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: richardson
>> >         Richardson: damping factor=1.
>> >       maximum iterations=2
>> >       tolerances:  relative=1e-05, absolute=1e-50, divergence=10000.
>> >       left preconditioning
>> >       using nonzero initial guess
>> >       using NONE norm type for convergence test
>> >     PC Object:    (mg_levels_2_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: sor
>> >         SOR: type = local_symmetric, iterations = 1, local iterations = 1, omega = 1.
>> >       linear system matrix = precond matrix:
>> >       Mat Object:       1 MPI processes
>> >         type: seqaij
>> >         rows=256, cols=256
>> >         total: nonzeros=1248, allocated nonzeros=1248
>> >         total number of mallocs used during MatSetValues calls =0
>> >           not using I-node routines
>> >   Up solver (post-smoother) same as down solver (pre-smoother)
>> >   Down solver (pre-smoother) on level 3 -------------------------------
>> >     KSP Object:    (mg_levels_3_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: richardson
>> >         Richardson: damping factor=1.
>> >       maximum iterations=2
>> >       tolerances:  relative=1e-05, absolute=1e-50, divergence=10000.
>> >       left preconditioning
>> >       using nonzero initial guess
>> >       using NONE norm type for convergence test
>> >     PC Object:    (mg_levels_3_)     1 MPI processes
>> >       type: sor
>> >         SOR: type = local_symmetric, iterations = 1, local iterations = 1, omega = 1.
>> >       linear system matrix = precond matrix:
>> >       Mat Object:       1 MPI processes
>> >         type: seqaij
>> >         rows=1024, cols=1024
>> >         total: nonzeros=5056, allocated nonzeros=5056
>> >         total number of mallocs used during MatSetValues calls =0
>> >           has attached null space
>> >           not using I-node routines
>> >   Up solver (post-smoother) same as down solver (pre-smoother)
>> >   linear system matrix = precond matrix:
>> >   Mat Object:   1 MPI processes
>> >     type: seqaij
>> >     rows=1024, cols=1024
>> >     total: nonzeros=5056, allocated nonzeros=5056
>> >     total number of mallocs used during MatSetValues calls =0
>> >       has attached null space
>> >       not using I-node routines
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Michele
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Wed, 2016-02-10 at 19:37 -0600, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Michele Rosso <mrosso at uci.edu> wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >> 
>> >> I encountered the following error while solving a symmetric positive defined system:
>> >> 
>> >> Linear solve did not converge due to DIVERGED_PCSETUP_FAILED iterations 0
>> >>                PCSETUP_FAILED due to SUBPC_ERROR 
>> >> 
>> >> This error appears only if I use the  optimized version of both petsc and my code ( compiler: gfortran, flags: -O3 ).
>> >> It is weird since I am solving  a time-dependent problem and everything, i.e. results and convergence rate, are as expected until the above error shows up. If I run both petsc and my code in debug mode, everything goes smooth till the end of the simulation.
>> >> However, if I reduce the ksp_rtol, even the debug run fails, after running as expected for a while, because of a KSP_DIVERGED_INDEFINITE_PC . 
>> >> The options I am using are:
>> >> 
>> >> -ksp_type        cg
>> >> -ksp_norm_type   unpreconditioned
>> >> -ksp_rtol        1e-8
>> >> -ksp_lag_norm
>> >> -ksp_initial_guess_nonzero  yes
>> >> -pc_type mg
>> >> -pc_mg_galerkin
>> >> -pc_mg_levels 4
>> >> -mg_levels_ksp_type richardson
>> >> -mg_coarse_ksp_constant_null_space
>> >> -mg_coarse_pc_type lu
>> >> -mg_coarse_pc_factor_mat_solver_package superlu_dist
>> >> -options_left
>> >> 
>> >> I attached a copy of ksp_view. I am currently using petsc-master (last updated yesterday).
>> >> I would appreciate any suggestion on this matter.
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> I suspect you have a nonlinear PC. Can you send the output of -ksp_view?
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >>    Matt
>> >>  
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Michele
>> >> 
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>> >> --
>> >> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.
>> >> -- Norbert Wiener
>> > 
>> > 
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