[petsc-users] Errors encountered with KSPsolver with MATNEST and VECNEST

Barry Smith bsmith at petsc.dev
Wed Jul 15 13:39:30 CDT 2020


  Could be a bug in PETSc, please send a sample program that produces the problem.

  Barry


> On Jul 15, 2020, at 1:28 PM, Karl Yang <y.juntao at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Barry,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. I output the matrix and vec with matview and vecview. And I think I do have the values set as it has been shown.
> 
> Mat Object: 1 MPI processes
>   type: nest
>   Matrix object:
>     type=nest, rows=3, cols=3
>     MatNest structure:
>     (0,0) : type=seqaij, rows=25, cols=25
>     (0,1) : NULL
>     (0,2) : type=seqaij, rows=25, cols=25
>     (1,0) : NULL
>     (1,1) : type=seqaij, rows=25, cols=25
>     (1,2) : type=seqaij, rows=25, cols=25
>     (2,0) : type=seqaij, rows=25, cols=25
>     (2,1) : type=seqaij, rows=25, cols=25
>     (2,2) : NULL
> Vec Object: 1 MPI processes
>   type: nest
>   VecNest, rows=3,  structure:
>   (0) : type=seq, rows=25
>     Vec Object: 1 MPI processes
>       type: seq
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     75.8279
>     -51.0776
>     -75.8279
>     0.
>     0.
>     -90.8404
>     58.7011
>     90.8404
>     0.
>     0.
>     -75.8279
>     51.0776
>     75.8279
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>   (1) : name="Vec_0x84000000_0", type=seq, rows=25
>     Vec Object: Vec_0x84000000_0 1 MPI processes
>       type: seq
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     75.8279
>     -51.0776
>     -75.8279
>     0.
>     0.
>     -90.8404
>     58.7011
>     90.8404
>     0.
>     0.
>     -75.8279
>     51.0776
>     75.8279
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>   (2) : type=seq, rows=25
>     Vec Object: 1 MPI processes
>       type: seq
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
>     0.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message --------------------------------------------------------------
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Invalid argument
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Nest vector argument 4 not setup.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: See https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for trouble shooting.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.12.5, Mar, 29, 2020
> [0]PETSC ERROR: ./testSolve on a arch-linux2-c-debug named f601294ac804 by Unknown Thu Jul 16 02:15:26 2020
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --with-cc=gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-fc=gfortran --download-mpich --download-fblaslapack --with-cuda
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #1 VecPointwiseMult_Nest() line 245 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/vec/vec/impls/nest/vecnest.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #2 VecPointwiseMult() line 1107 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/vec/vec/interface/vector.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #3 PCApply_Jacobi() line 272 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/pc/impls/jacobi/jacobi.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #4 PCApply() line 444 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/pc/interface/precon.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #5 KSP_PCApply() line 281 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/include/petsc/private/kspimpl.h
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #6 KSPInitialResidual() line 65 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #7 KSPSolve_GMRES() line 236 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #8 KSPSolve() line 760 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> 
> On Jul 16 2020, at 2:13 am, Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> wrote:
> 
>   From the error message the second vector you are using to form the nest vector has not been completely created/set up. Make sure you called either VecCreateSeq(), VecCreateMPI() or did VecCreate(), VecSetType(), VecSetUp() and if it is the right hand side make sure you put numerical values in it.
> 
>    Barry
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2020, at 1:05 PM, Karl Yang <y.juntao at hotmail.com <https://link.getmailspring.com/link/540F752A-DB59-4878-9C98-B8F4B4D9FD0D@getmailspring.com/0?redirect=mailto%3Ay.juntao%40hotmail.com&recipient=YnNtaXRoQHBldHNjLmRldg%3D%3D>> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to solve a 2*2 block matrix system.
> I managed to form a 2*2 MatNest and a 21 VecNest. However when I try to  make use of ksp solve, I encounter the following error. There is only one or two examples on MatNest and VecNest. I could not figure out what could be the trouble.
> 
> 
> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message --------------------------------------------------------------
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Invalid argument
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Nest vector argument 2 not setup.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: See https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html <https://link.getmailspring.com/link/540F752A-DB59-4878-9C98-B8F4B4D9FD0D@getmailspring.com/1?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcs.anl.gov%2Fpetsc%2Fdocumentation%2Ffaq.html&recipient=YnNtaXRoQHBldHNjLmRldg%3D%3D> for trouble shooting.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.12.5, Mar, 29, 2020
> [0]PETSC ERROR: ./testSolve on a arch-linux2-c-debug named f601294ac804 by Unknown Thu Jul 16 01:56:11 2020
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --with-cc=gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-fc=gfortran --download-mpich --download-fblaslapack --with-cuda
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #1 VecCopy_Nest() line 68 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/vec/vec/impls/nest/vecnest.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #2 VecCopy() line 1577 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/vec/vec/interface/vector.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #3 KSPInitialResidual() line 61 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #4 KSPSolve_GMRES() line 236 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #5 KSPSolve() line 760 in /usr/local/petsc/petsc-3.12.5/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> 
> 
> Regards
> JT
> 

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