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SNESSetMaxLinearSolveFailures

the number of failed linear solve attempts allowed before SNES returns with a diverged reason of SNES_DIVERGED_LINEAR_SOLVE

Synopsis

#include "petscsnes.h"  
PetscErrorCode  SNESSetMaxLinearSolveFailures(SNES snes, PetscInt maxFails)
Logically Collective on SNES

Input Parameters

snes - SNES context
maxFails - maximum allowed linear solve failures

Options Database Keys

-snes_max_linear_solve_fail <num> -The number of failures before the solve is terminated

Notes: By default this is 0; that is SNES returns on the first failed linear solve

Keywords

SNES, nonlinear, set, maximum, unsuccessful, steps

See Also

SNESGetLinearSolveFailures(), SNESGetMaxLinearSolveFailures(), SNESGetLinearSolveIterations()

Level:intermediate
Location:
src/snes/interface/snes.c
Index of all SNES routines
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Index of all manual pages