PetscSectionSetBlockStarts#
Sets a table indicating which points start new blocks
Synopsis#
#include "petscsection.h"
PetscErrorCode PetscSectionSetBlockStarts(PetscSection s, PetscBT blockStarts)
Not Collective
Input Parameters#
s - the
PetscSectionblockStarts - The
PetscBTwith a 1 for each point that begins a block
Notes#
The table is on [0, pEnd - pStart). PETSc takes ownership of the PetscBT when it is passed in and will destroy it. The user should not destroy it.
This information is used by DMCreateMatrix() to create a variable block size description which is set using MatSetVariableBlockSizes().
See Also#
Low-level Vector Communication, IS, PetscSection, PetscSectionGetBlockStarts(), PetscSectionCreate(), DMCreateMatrix(), MatSetVariableBlockSizes()
Level#
intermediate
Location#
src/vec/is/section/interface/section.c
Index of all PetscSection routines
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