[petsc-users] GCREATEF.C error
Barry Smith
bsmith at petsc.dev
Mon Mar 24 09:15:04 CDT 2025
How do you declare and initialize the matrix in usolve.F before calling MatCreate()? You should not initialize it with any value before the call.
Barry
> On Mar 23, 2025, at 11:10 PM, Sanjay Govindjee via petsc-users <petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
> Barry,
>
> I now have a compiled version of my code using the main branch. When I run however I am getting an error in matcreate_( ) when I try to solve (actually just set up the matrix). The console window reports
> [0]PETSC ERROR: matcreate_() at /Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c:14 Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object
> [3]PETSC ERROR: matcreate_() at /Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c:14 Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object
> [2]PETSC ERROR: matcreate_() at /Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c:14 Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object
> [1]PETSC ERROR: matcreate_() at /Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c:14 Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object
>
> The debugger windows all report (modulo the pid):
> (lldb) process attach --pid 90952
> Process 90952 stopped
> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGSTOP
> frame #0: 0x00007fff69d92746 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__semwait_signal + 10
> libsystem_kernel.dylib`__semwait_signal:
> -> 0x7fff69d92746 <+10>: jae 0x7fff69d92750 ; <+20>
> 0x7fff69d92748 <+12>: movq %rax, %rdi
> 0x7fff69d9274b <+15>: jmp 0x7fff69d9121d ; cerror
> 0x7fff69d92750 <+20>: retq
> Target 0: (feap) stopped.
> frame
> The debugger reports for the stack:
> (lldb) thread backtrace
> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGSTOP
> * frame #0: 0x00007fff69d92746 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__semwait_signal + 10
> frame #1: 0x00007fff69d15eea libsystem_c.dylib`nanosleep + 196
> frame #2: 0x00007fff69d15d52 libsystem_c.dylib`sleep + 41
> frame #3: 0x0000000111acb04c libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscSleep(s=10) at psleep.c:48:5
> frame #4: 0x0000000111722961 libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscAttachDebugger at adebug.c:458:5
> frame #5: 0x00000001162ec7c8 libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscAttachDebuggerErrorHandler(comm=0x000000011788fde8, line=14, fun="matcreate_", file="/Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c", num=62, p=PETSC_ERROR_INITIAL, mess="Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object", ctx=0x0000000000000000) at adebug.c:522:9
> frame #6: 0x00000001162ecdb0 libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscError(comm=0x000000011788fde8, line=14, func="matcreate_", file="/Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c", n=62, p=PETSC_ERROR_INITIAL, mess="Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object") at err.c:409:15
> frame #7: 0x000000011233ecad libpetsc.3.022.dylib`matcreate_(a=0x00000001165fdc74, b=0x000000010fcde8c8, ierr=0x00007ffee0460308) at gcreatef.c:14:3
> frame #8: 0x000000010f7cf072 feap`usolve_ at usolve.F:138:72
> frame #9: 0x000000010f942de2 feap`presol_ at presol.f:181:72
> frame #10: 0x000000010f8cb8d8 feap`pmacr1_ at pmacr1.f:555:72
> frame #11: 0x000000010f8c60ad feap`pmacr_ at pmacr.f:614:72
> frame #12: 0x000000010f86ae4f feap`pcontr_ at pcontr.f:1375:72
> frame #13: 0x000000010fc1215e feap`main at feap87.f:173:72
> frame #14: 0x00007fff69c4ecc9 libdyld.dylib`start + 1
> frame #15: 0x00007fff69c4ecc9 libdyld.dylib`start + 1
>
> Here is a peek at the frame stack:
> frame #3: 0x0000000105c7104c libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscSleep(s=10) at psleep.c:48:5
> 45
> 46 #if defined(PETSC_HAVE_SLEEP)
> 47 else
> -> 48 sleep((int)s);
> 49 #elif defined(PETSC_HAVE__SLEEP) && defined(PETSC_HAVE__SLEEP_MILISEC)
> 50 else _sleep((int)(s * 1000));
> 51 #elif defined(PETSC_HAVE__SLEEP)
> (lldb) up
> frame #4: 0x00000001058c8961 libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscAttachDebugger at adebug.c:458:5
> 455 while (left > 0) left = PetscSleep(left) - 1;
> 456 }
> 457 #else
> -> 458 PetscCall(PetscSleep(sleeptime));
> 459 #endif
> 460 }
> 461 #endif
> (lldb) up
> frame #5: 0x000000010a4927c8 libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscAttachDebuggerErrorHandler(comm=0x000000010c7f1de8, line=14, fun="matcreate_", file="/Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c", num=62, p=PETSC_ERROR_INITIAL, mess="Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object", ctx=0x0000000000000000) at adebug.c:522:9
> 519 if (fun) (void)(*PetscErrorPrintf)("%s() at %s:%d %s\n", fun, file, line, mess);
> 520 else (void)(*PetscErrorPrintf)("%s:%d %s\n", file, line, mess);
> 521
> -> 522 (void)PetscAttachDebugger();
> 523 abort(); /* call abort because don't want to kill other MPI ranks that may successfully attach to debugger */
> 524 PetscFunctionReturn(PETSC_SUCCESS);
> 525 }
> (lldb) up
> frame #6: 0x000000010a492db0 libpetsc.3.022.dylib`PetscError(comm=0x000000010c7f1de8, line=14, func="matcreate_", file="/Users/sg/petsc-3.22.4main/gnu/ftn/mat/utils/gcreatef.c", n=62, p=PETSC_ERROR_INITIAL, mess="Cannot create PETSC_NULL_XXX object") at err.c:409:15
> 406 if (p == PETSC_ERROR_INITIAL && n != PETSC_ERR_MEMC) (void)PetscMallocValidate(__LINE__, PETSC_FUNCTION_NAME, __FILE__);
> 407
> 408 if (!eh) ierr = PetscTraceBackErrorHandler(comm, line, func, file, n, p, lbuf, NULL);
> -> 409 else ierr = (*eh->handler)(comm, line, func, file, n, p, lbuf, eh->ctx);
> 410 PetscStackClearTop;
> 411
> 412 /*
> (lldb) up
> frame #7: 0x00000001064e4cad libpetsc.3.022.dylib`matcreate_(a=0x000000010a7a3c74, b=0x0000000104e3e8c8, ierr=0x00007ffeeb300308) at gcreatef.c:14:3
> 11 PETSC_EXTERN void matcreate_(MPI_Fint *a, Mat *b, PetscErrorCode *ierr)
> 12 {
> 13 PetscBool null_b = !*(void**) b ? PETSC_TRUE : PETSC_FALSE;
> -> 14 PETSC_FORTRAN_OBJECT_CREATE(b);
> 15 CHKFORTRANNULLOBJECT(b);
> 16 *ierr = MatCreate(MPI_Comm_f2c(*(a)), b);
> 17 if (*ierr) return;
> (lldb) up
> frame #8: 0x000000010492f072 feap`usolve_ at usolve.F:138:72
> 135 onnz => mr(np(246):np(246)+ilist(2,246)-1)
> 136 dnnz => mr(np(247):np(247)+ilist(2,247)-1)
> 137
> -> 138 call MatCreate(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,Kmat,ierr)
> 139 call MatSetSizes(Kmat,numpeq,numpeq,PETSC_DETERMINE,
> 140 & PETSC_DETERMINE,ierr)
> 141 if(pfeap_bcin) call MatSetBlockSize(Kmat,nsbk,ierr)
>
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