Don't know what MatGetSubMatrixRaw() is, but based on the calling
sequence you are asking for the ith row whatever that is, and n
columns in the array indices
For MatGetSubMatrix() each process can ask for any rows it wants,
but all the processors have to ask for the same columns that are wanted.
Barry
On Dec 1, 2009, at 9:59 PM, ming zhu wrote:
> Hi
> I tried MatGetSubMatrix() but I am a little confused by the column
> parameter. For example
> My matrix is U (m * n). I want to get i,j rows to local.
> my code is
>
> PetscInt* rowindex,colindex;
> PetscMalloc...
> for (k= 0; k < n; k++)
> colindex[k] = k;
>
> rowindex[0] = i;
> rowindex[1] = j;
>
> MatGetSubMatrixRaw(U,1,&i,n,indices,n,MAT_INITIAL_MATRIX,&newmat);
>
> What I hope is newmat is 2 * n matrix. But I failed.
>
> Thank you
>
>
> --- 09?12?1????, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> ?
> ??
>
> ???: Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
> ??: Re: How to copy global data to local ?
> ???: "PETSc users list" <petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov>
> ??: 2009?12?1?,??,??10:35
>
>
> You misunderstand the usage of MatGetSubMatrix(). Any process can
> request ANY row, including rows that are not originally owned by
> that process.
>
> Barry
>
> On Dec 1, 2009, at 8:29 AM, ming zhu wrote:
>
> > It seems that MatGetSubMatrix() only get the local matrix for the
> processor If U is global(PETSC_COMM_WORLD), the local matrix may
> not store the column or row I wanted. For example, if U is 4*4, and
> there are 4 processors, processors one has local matrix 2*2, but i
> need the third row, Then,MatGetSubmatrix() may not work
> >
> > --- 09?12?1????, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> ?
> ??
> >
> > ???: Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
> > ??: Re: How to copy global data to local ?
> > ???: "PETSc users list" <petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov>
> > ??: 2009?12?1?,??,??10:23
> >
> >
> > On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:21 PM, ming zhu wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > I have a huge matrix U for all processors (PETSC_COMM_WORLD). I
> only want to copy only two rows (i,j) for each local processor. i,j
> is different for each processor and not related to rank. I was
> trying to use a vector filter (like, 00000010000). However, if the
> vector is PETSC_COMM_WORLD, it will be changed by different
> processor. So, how to make it ?
> >
>
>
> ^
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > I do not understand what this means. To do the multiply you can
> and should use a vector of PETSC_COMM_WORLD.
> >
> > Also multiplying by a vector will not give you back "rows" of a
> matrix. Do you truly want the entire row of nonzeros of the matrix
> or something else. If you want the entire row or part of a row then
> you can use MatGetSubMatrix().
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > My original code is
> > >
> > > Vec filter
> > > VecCreate(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,&filter);
> > > VecSetsizes(filter,PETSC_DECIDE,m);
> > > VecSetFromOptions(filter);
> > >
> > > Vecset(filter,0);
> > > VecSetValue(filter,i,1,INSERT_VALUES);
> > >
> > > ...
> > > MatMult(U, filter,ui);
> > >
> > > If I create filter with PETSC_COMM_SELF, it is impossible for U
> and filter to multiply.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ?????????????????
> >
> >
> > ?????????????????
>
>
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