[petsc-users] Passing array of PETSc Vec's to a function and returning it

Jose E. Roman jroman at dsic.upv.es
Thu Jul 23 02:08:50 CDT 2020


It's a problem with double pointers. You should write (*y)[i] instead of *y[i].
Jose


> El 23 jul 2020, a las 4:48, Rubem Mondaini <rmondaini at csrc.ac.cn> escribió:
> 
> Dear Jose,
> 
> thank you very much for your prompt reply. I did check before I was not requesting more eigenvectors than the ones converged.
> 
> In fact, to make things more practical, I made a short version of my application, where I reproduce the problem.
> 
> test.c:
> 
> ################################
> 
> #include <slepceps.h>
> #include <complex.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <assert.h>
> 
> // NOTE: Petsc was compiled with "--with-scalar-type=complex"
> static char help[] = "Hermitian Eigenproblem\n\n";
> 
> PetscErrorCode foo(Vec **y, PetscInt n, MPI_Comm mpi_comm)
> {
> 
>     PetscErrorCode ierr;
>     EPS            eps;         // eigenproblem solver context
>     Mat A;
>     PetscInt nnz, nrows, nconv;
>     PetscScalar *val_sp_A;
>     PetscInt *i_sp_A, *j_sp_A;
>     PetscReal norm;
>     Vec x;
> 
>     nnz = 6; nrows = 4;
> 
>     // The matrix looks like:
> //           [1   0  0  1+i]
> //           [0   1  0  0  ]
> //     [A] = [0   0  1  0  ]
> //           [1-i 0  0  1  ]
> 
>     // I am doing everything with *one* MPI task for the sake of simplicity
>     val_sp_A = malloc(nnz*sizeof(PetscScalar));
>     i_sp_A = malloc( (nrows+1)*sizeof(PetscInt));
>     j_sp_A = malloc(nnz*sizeof(PetscInt));
> 
>     // Building the matrix (CSR first)
>     val_sp_A[0] = 1.0; val_sp_A[1] = 1.0 + 1.0*PETSC_i; val_sp_A[2] = 1.0; val_sp_A[3] = 1.0; val_sp_A[4] = 1.0 -1.0*PETSC_i; val_sp_A[5] = 1.0;
>     j_sp_A[0] = 0;     j_sp_A[1] = 3; j_sp_A[2] = 1;     j_sp_A[3] = 2;     j_sp_A[4] = 0;                  j_sp_A[5] = 3;
> 
>     // zero-based index
>     i_sp_A[0] = 0; i_sp_A[1] = 2; i_sp_A[2] = 3; i_sp_A[3] = 4; i_sp_A[4] = 6;
> 
>     // Building the matrix and vecs
>     ierr = MatCreate(mpi_comm, &A);                                 CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = MatCreateMPIAIJWithArrays(mpi_comm, nrows, nrows, nrows, nrows, i_sp_A, j_sp_A, val_sp_A, &A);
>     ierr = MatSetUp(A); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = MatAssemblyBegin(A, MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY);                 CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = MatAssemblyEnd(A, MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY);                   CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = MatCreateVecs(A, &x, NULL);                              CHKERRQ(ierr);
> 
>     // Solve eigenvec problem
>     ierr = EPSCreate(mpi_comm, &eps);                               CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = EPSSetOperators( eps, A, NULL);                          CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = EPSSetProblemType( eps, EPS_HEP );                       CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = EPSSetWhichEigenpairs(eps, EPS_SMALLEST_REAL);           CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = EPSSetDimensions(eps, n, 2*n, 2*n);                      CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = EPSSolve(eps); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = EPSGetConverged(eps, &nconv);                            CHKERRQ(ierr);
> 
>     printf("\nnconv = %lu\n", nconv);     // I am getting all four eigenvalues converged, you can test it.
> 
>     assert(n < nconv);                    // This guarantees the number of backed up eigenvectors *will be smaller than nconv*
> 
>     // Now doing the backup of the eigenvectors
>     ierr = VecDuplicateVecs(x, n, y); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     for (PetscInt i = 0; i < n ; i++) {    // I can guarantee that n < nconv
>         ierr = EPSGetEigenvector(eps, i, *y[i], NULL); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>         ierr = VecNorm(*y[i],NORM_2,&norm); CHKERRQ(ierr);       // this prints out fine for i = 0 (norm = 1)
>         printf("i = %lu\tnorm = %f\n", i, norm);
>     }
> 
>     // Deallocating
>     ierr = EPSDestroy(&eps); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = VecDestroy(&x); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>     ierr = MatDestroy(&A); CHKERRQ(ierr);
> 
>     free(val_sp_A);
>     free(i_sp_A);
>     free(j_sp_A);
> 
>     return ierr;
> 
> }
> 
> int main(int argc,char **argv)
> {
>     PetscErrorCode ierr;
>     PetscScalar norm;
>     Vec *y;
>     PetscInt n = 2;  // Backing up *two* eigenvectors
> 
>     ierr = SlepcInitialize(&argc,&argv,(char*)0,help); CHKERRQ(ierr);
> 
>     foo(&y, n, PETSC_COMM_WORLD);
> 
>     ierr = VecDestroyVecs(n, &y); CHKERRQ(ierr);
> 
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> #################################################
> 
> Makefile:
> 
> #################################################
> 
> #Source File name
> SRC = test
> CC = mpiicc
> 
> default: $(SRC)
> 
> include ${SLEPC_DIR}/lib/slepc/conf/slepc_common
> # include  $(SLEPC_DIR)/lib/slepc/conf/slepc_variables
> 
> CFLAGS_FOR_ICC = -qopt-report=4 -qopt-report-phase ipo -O3 -g -w2 -std=c99  -qopenmp -DMKL_ILP64 -I$(MKLROOT)/include
> 
> INTEL_LIB =  -Wl,--start-group ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_intel_ilp64.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_intel_thread.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_core.a -Wl,--end-group -liomp5 -lpthread -lm -ldl
> 
> CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS_FOR_ICC)
> 
> $(SRC): $(SRC).o
>     -${CLINKER} -o $(SRC) $(SRC).o ${SLEPC_EPS_LIB} ${INTEL_LIB}
> # #     ${RM} *.o
> 
> $(SRC).o: $(SRC).c
>     -${CLINKER} -I${PETSC_DIR}/include -I${PETSC_DIR}/linux-intel/include -I${SLEPC_DIR}/include -I${SLEPC_DIR}/linux-intel/include -c $(SRC).c
> 
> #################################################
> 
> Execution
> 
> #################################################
> 
> [rmondaini at manager slepc_test]$ ./test
> 
> nconv = 4
> i = 0    norm = 1.000000
> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message --------------------------------------------------------------
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Invalid argument
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Wrong type of object: Parameter # 3
> [0]PETSC ERROR: See https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for trouble shooting.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.13.3, Jul 01, 2020
> [0]PETSC ERROR: ./test on a linux-intel named manager by rmondaini Thu Jul 23 10:43:15 2020
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options PETSC_ARCH=linux-intel --with-cc=mpiicc --with-cxx=mpiicpc --with-fc=mpiifort --with-blaslapack-dir=/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/mkl/lib/intel64 --with-mpi-include=/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/mpi/intel64/include --with-mpi-lib=/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/mpi/intel64/lib/libmpicxx.a --with-mpiexec=/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/mpi/intel64/bin/mpiexec --with-scalar-type=complex --with-64-bit-blas-indices --with-64-bit-indices --download-make --force
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #1 EPSGetEigenvector() line 504 in /home/rmondaini/libraries/slepc-3.13.3/src/eps/interface/epssolve.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #2 foo() line 66 in test.c
> 
> #################################################
> 
> So the offending statement is precisely the one to retrieve eigenvectors, and occurs when i = 1 (as in my previous much larger application).
> 
> Do you have suggestions in how to proceed?
> 
> Thank you *very* much!
> 
> Best,
> 
> Rubem
> 
> 
> On 7/22/20 11:10 PM, Jose E. Roman wrote:
>> Probably you are requesting more eigenvectors than actually computed. Argument i should be smaller than nconv, see https://slepc.upv.es/documentation/current/docs/manualpages/EPS/EPSGetEigenvector.html
>> Jose
>> 
>> 
>>> El 22 jul 2020, a las 10:25, rmondaini at csrc.ac.cn escribió:
>>> 
>>> I am trying to pass an array of Vec's in PETSc to a function, modify it internally and retrieve the results. The idea is to copy a handful of eigenvectors from the EPS solver to the main routine. A pseudocode is as follows:
>>> 
>>> #include <slepceps.h>
>>> 
>>>     PetscErrorCode foo(Vec **y, int n) {
>>> 
>>>         EPS            eps;         // eigenproblem solver context
>>> 
>>>        // ...
>>> 
>>>         ierr = MatCreateVecs(H, &x, NULL); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>> 
>>>         ierr = EPSSolve(eps); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>> 
>>>     // ...
>>> 
>>>       ierr = VecDuplicateVecs(x, n, y); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>> 
>>>        for (int i = 0; i < n ; i++) {    // I can guarantee that n < nconv
>>> 
>>>            ierr = EPSGetEigenvector(eps, i, *y[i], NULL); CHKERRQ(ierr);   // this breaks for i = 1
>>> 
>>>            ierr = VecNorm(*y[i],NORM_2,&norm); CHKERRQ(ierr);   // this prints out fine for i = 0 (norm = 1)
>>> 
>>>            printf("norm = %f\n", norm);
>>> 
>>>         }
>>> 
>>>         ierr = EPSDestroy(&eps); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>>         ierr = VecDestroy(&x); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>> 
>>>         return ierr;
>>> 
>>>     }
>>> 
>>>     int main(int argc,char **argv)
>>>     {
>>>         PetscErrorCode ierr;
>>>         PetscScalar norm;
>>>         Vec *y;
>>> 
>>>         foo(&y, 3);
>>> 
>>>         ierr = VecDestroyVecs(3, &y); CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>> 
>>>         return 0;
>>>     }
>>> 
>>> Am I making a naive mistake here?
>>> 
> 



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