[petsc-users] PETSc Fortran 64-bit

Satish Balay balay at mcs.anl.gov
Wed Feb 1 14:50:06 CST 2023


> > call DMPlexGetDepthStratum(dm, 0, vst, vend, ierr);CHKERRA(ierr)  gives an
> > error regarding the datatype of ierr. The error basically leads:
> > Error: Type mismatch in argument ‘b’ at (1); passed INTEGER(4) to
> > INTEGER(8)

Ok - I think the error here is with '0' - not ierr.

Use:

>>>
PetscInt zero
zero = 0
call DMPlexGetDepthStratum(dm, zero, vst, vend, ierr);CHKERRA(ierr)
<<<

Satish

On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, Satish Balay via petsc-users wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, Mike Michell wrote:
> 
> > @Satish and Blaise - Thank you for the notes.
> > 
> > @Satish - When you say: "Some routines probably don't have Interface
> > definitions - hence compiler can't cat this issue with all functions."
> 
> sorry - meant to say 'catch' [not cat]
> 
> > Does it mean that I cannot use 64-bit option for those routines, which do
> > not have the interface definitions?
> 
> All routines are usable. Its just that compiler treats routines
> without interface definitions as F77 - and it won't verify the
> data-types of arguments passed in. [i.e F77 mode..]
> 
> But I do see interface defs for both DMPlexGetDepthStratum() and
> DMPlexGetChart() so don't know why they behave differently for you.
> 
> src/dm/f90-mod/ftn-auto-interfaces/petscdmplex.h90
> 
> >>>>>
>       subroutine DMPlexGetDepthStratum(a,b,c,d,z)
>        import tDM
>        DM a ! DM
>        PetscInt b ! PetscInt
>        PetscInt c ! PetscInt
>        PetscInt d ! PetscInt
>        PetscErrorCode z
>        end subroutine DMPlexGetDepthStratum
> 
>       subroutine DMPlexGetChart(a,b,c,z)
>        import tDM
>        DM a ! DM
>        PetscInt b ! PetscInt
>        PetscInt c ! PetscInt
>        PetscErrorCode z
>        end subroutine DMPlexGetChart
> 
> Satish
> 
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
> > > I use the following I all my fortran codes (inspired by a post from
> > > Michael Metcalf on comp.lang.fortran many many moons ago):
> > >
> > > PetscReal,Parameter :: PReal = 1.0
> > > Integer,Parameter,Public :: Kr = Selected_Real_Kind(Precision(PReal))
> > > PetscInt,Parameter :: PInt = 1
> > > Integer,Parameter,Public :: Ki = kind(PInt)
> > >
> > > You will need to pass constant with their kind (i.e. 1_Ki instead of 1)
> > >
> > >
> > > The advantage of this approach over explicitly trying to figure out the
> > > proper type of integer ois that the same code will automatically work with
> > > 32 and 64 bit indices.
> > >
> > > I’ve been wondering if petsc should include these definitions (perhaps
> > > under another name).
> > >
> > > Blaise
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 1, 2023, at 2:58 PM, Mike Michell <mi.mike1021 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I want to use PETSc with 64-bit indices with a Fortran90 code. It seems
> > > some PETSc functions have no problem, but some of the others do not accept
> > > 32-bit error code integer (e.g., "ierr" declared as PetscErrorCode type).
> > >
> > > For example,
> > >
> > > call DMPlexGetChart(dm, pst, pend, ierr);CHKERRA(ierr)    works okay,
> > >
> > > but
> > >
> > > call DMPlexGetDepthStratum(dm, 0, vst, vend, ierr);CHKERRA(ierr)  gives an
> > > error regarding the datatype of ierr. The error basically leads:
> > > Error: Type mismatch in argument ‘b’ at (1); passed INTEGER(4) to
> > > INTEGER(8)
> > >
> > > I tried to declare ierr as integer(kind=8) type, but there are still some
> > > problems. If PETSc is configured with 32-bit indices, the Fortran code
> > > works without problem.
> > >
> > > What surprising to me is that as mentioned above, DMPlexGetChart() works
> > > okay, but  DMPlexGetDepthStratum() does not work with "ierr (PetscErrorCode
> > > type)" variable with 64-bit indices.
> > >
> > > Can I get any comments on it?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > > —
> > > Canada Research Chair in Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Solid
> > > Mechanics (Tier 1)
> > > Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
> > > Hamilton Hall room 409A, McMaster University
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> > >
> > >
> > 
> 


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