We could check PetscIsInfOrNanScalar first.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith@mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

 Suggestions for improvements for the checks?

#define PetscValidLogicalCollectiveScalar(a,b,c)                        \
 do {                                                                  \
   PetscErrorCode _7_ierr;                                             \
   PetscReal b1[2],b2[2];                                              \
   b1[0] = -PetscRealPart(b); b1[1] = PetscRealPart(b);                \
   _7_ierr = MPI_Allreduce(b1,b2,2,MPIU_REAL,MPIU_MAX,((PetscObject)a)->comm);CHKERRQ(_7_ierr); \
   if (-b2[0] != b2[1]) SETERRQ1(((PetscObject)a)->comm,PETSC_ERR_ARG_WRONG,"Scalar value must be same on all processes, argument # %d",c); \
 } while (0)

#define PetscValidLogicalCollectiveReal(a,b,c)                          \
 do {                                                                  \
   PetscErrorCode _7_ierr;                                             \
   PetscReal b1[2],b2[2];                                              \
   b1[0] = -b; b1[1] = b;                                              \
   _7_ierr = MPI_Allreduce(b1,b2,2,MPIU_REAL,MPIU_MAX,((PetscObject)a)->comm);CHKERRQ(_7_ierr); \
   if (-b2[0] != b2[1]) SETERRQ1(((PetscObject)a)->comm,PETSC_ERR_ARG_WRONG,"Real value must be same on all processes, argument # %d",c); \
 } while (0)



On Jun 5, 2012, at 11:25 AM, Blaise Bourdin wrote:

> Hi,
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> It looks like when VecWAXPY is called with alpha=Nan, PetscValidLogicalCollectiveScalar causes the message "Scalar value must be same on all processes, argument # 2" to be printed. This is a bit misleading, and confusing when running on only 1 processor.
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> Is this something worth fixing?
>
> Blaise
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