Ejemplo n.º 1
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/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
int
main ( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
/*
   --------------------------------------------------
   all-in-one program to solve A X = B
   using a multithreaded factorization and solve
   We use a patch-and-go strategy 
   for the factorization without pivoting
   (1) read in matrix entries and form DInpMtx object
   (2) form Graph object
   (3) order matrix and form front tree
   (4) get the permutation, permute the matrix and 
       front tree and get the symbolic factorization
   (5) compute the numeric factorization
   (6) read in right hand side entries
   (7) compute the solution

   created -- 98jun04, cca
   --------------------------------------------------
*/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
char            *matrixFileName, *rhsFileName ;
DenseMtx        *mtxB, *mtxX ;
Chv             *rootchv ;
ChvManager      *chvmanager ;
double          fudge, imag, real, tau = 100., toosmall, value ;
double          cpus[10] ;
DV              *cumopsDV ;
ETree           *frontETree ;
FrontMtx        *frontmtx ;
FILE            *inputFile, *msgFile ;
Graph           *graph ;
InpMtx          *mtxA ;
int             error, ient, irow, jcol, jrhs, jrow, lookahead, msglvl, 
                ncol, nedges, nent, neqns, nfront, nrhs, nrow, nthread,
                patchAndGoFlag, seed, 
                storeids, storevalues, symmetryflag, type ;
int             *newToOld, *oldToNew ;
int             stats[20] ;
IV              *newToOldIV, *oldToNewIV, *ownersIV ;
IVL             *adjIVL, *symbfacIVL ;
SolveMap        *solvemap ;
SubMtxManager   *mtxmanager  ;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   --------------------
   get input parameters
   --------------------
*/
if ( argc != 14 ) {
   fprintf(stdout, "\n"
      "\n usage: %s msglvl msgFile type symmetryflag patchAndGoFlag"
      "\n        fudge toosmall storeids storevalues"
      "\n        matrixFileName rhsFileName seed"
      "\n    msglvl -- message level"
      "\n    msgFile -- message file"
      "\n    type    -- type of entries"
      "\n      1 (SPOOLES_REAL)    -- real entries"
      "\n      2 (SPOOLES_COMPLEX) -- complex entries"
      "\n    symmetryflag -- type of matrix"
      "\n      0 (SPOOLES_SYMMETRIC)    -- symmetric entries"
      "\n      1 (SPOOLES_HERMITIAN)    -- Hermitian entries"
      "\n      2 (SPOOLES_NONSYMMETRIC) -- nonsymmetric entries"
      "\n    patchAndGoFlag -- flag for the patch-and-go strategy"
      "\n      0 -- none, stop factorization"
      "\n      1 -- optimization strategy"
      "\n      2 -- structural analysis strategy"
      "\n    fudge       -- perturbation parameter"
      "\n    toosmall    -- upper bound on a small pivot"
      "\n    storeids    -- flag to store ids of small pivots"
      "\n    storevalues -- flag to store perturbations"
      "\n    matrixFileName -- matrix file name, format"
      "\n       nrow ncol nent"
      "\n       irow jcol entry"
      "\n        ..."
      "\n        note: indices are zero based"
      "\n    rhsFileName -- right hand side file name, format"
      "\n       nrow nrhs "
      "\n       ..."
      "\n       jrow entry(jrow,0) ... entry(jrow,nrhs-1)"
      "\n       ..."
      "\n    seed    -- random number seed, used for ordering"
      "\n    nthread -- number of threads"
      "\n", argv[0]) ;
   return(0) ;
}
msglvl = atoi(argv[1]) ;
if ( strcmp(argv[2], "stdout") == 0 ) {
   msgFile = stdout ;
} else if ( (msgFile = fopen(argv[2], "a")) == NULL ) {
   fprintf(stderr, "\n fatal error in %s"
           "\n unable to open file %s\n",
           argv[0], argv[2]) ;
   return(-1) ;
}
type           = atoi(argv[3]) ;
symmetryflag   = atoi(argv[4]) ;
patchAndGoFlag = atoi(argv[5]) ;
fudge          = atof(argv[6]) ;
toosmall       = atof(argv[7]) ;
storeids       = atoi(argv[8]) ;
storevalues    = atoi(argv[9]) ;
matrixFileName = argv[10] ;
rhsFileName    = argv[11] ;
seed           = atoi(argv[12]) ;
nthread        = atoi(argv[13]) ;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   --------------------------------------------
   STEP 1: read the entries from the input file 
           and create the InpMtx object
   --------------------------------------------
*/
if ( (inputFile = fopen(matrixFileName, "r")) == NULL ) {
   fprintf(stderr, "\n unable to open file %s", matrixFileName) ;
   spoolesFatal();
}
fscanf(inputFile, "%d %d %d", &nrow, &ncol, &nent) ;
neqns = nrow ;
mtxA = InpMtx_new() ;
InpMtx_init(mtxA, INPMTX_BY_ROWS, type, nent, 0) ;
if ( type == SPOOLES_REAL ) {
   for ( ient = 0 ; ient < nent ; ient++ ) {
      fscanf(inputFile, "%d %d %le", &irow, &jcol, &value) ;
      InpMtx_inputRealEntry(mtxA, irow, jcol, value) ;
   }
} else {
   for ( ient = 0 ; ient < nent ; ient++ ) {
      fscanf(inputFile, "%d %d %le %le", &irow, &jcol, &real, &imag) ;
      InpMtx_inputComplexEntry(mtxA, irow, jcol, real, imag) ;
   }
}
fclose(inputFile) ;
InpMtx_changeStorageMode(mtxA, INPMTX_BY_VECTORS) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n input matrix") ;
   InpMtx_writeForHumanEye(mtxA, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   -------------------------------------------------
   STEP 2 : find a low-fill ordering
   (1) create the Graph object
   (2) order the graph using multiple minimum degree
   -------------------------------------------------
*/
graph = Graph_new() ;
adjIVL = InpMtx_fullAdjacency(mtxA) ;
nedges = IVL_tsize(adjIVL) ;
Graph_init2(graph, 0, neqns, 0, nedges, neqns, nedges, adjIVL,
            NULL, NULL) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n graph of the input matrix") ;
   Graph_writeForHumanEye(graph, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
frontETree = orderViaMMD(graph, seed, msglvl, msgFile) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n front tree from ordering") ;
   ETree_writeForHumanEye(frontETree, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   -----------------------------------------------------
   STEP 3: get the permutation, permute the matrix and 
           front tree and get the symbolic factorization
   -----------------------------------------------------
*/
oldToNewIV = ETree_oldToNewVtxPerm(frontETree) ;
oldToNew = IV_entries(oldToNewIV) ;
newToOldIV = ETree_newToOldVtxPerm(frontETree) ;
newToOld   = IV_entries(newToOldIV) ;
ETree_permuteVertices(frontETree, oldToNewIV) ;
InpMtx_permute(mtxA, oldToNew, oldToNew) ;
InpMtx_mapToUpperTriangle(mtxA) ;
InpMtx_changeCoordType(mtxA, INPMTX_BY_CHEVRONS) ;
InpMtx_changeStorageMode(mtxA, INPMTX_BY_VECTORS) ;
symbfacIVL = SymbFac_initFromInpMtx(frontETree, mtxA) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n old-to-new permutation vector") ;
   IV_writeForHumanEye(oldToNewIV, msgFile) ;
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n new-to-old permutation vector") ;
   IV_writeForHumanEye(newToOldIV, msgFile) ;
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n front tree after permutation") ;
   ETree_writeForHumanEye(frontETree, msgFile) ;
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n input matrix after permutation") ;
   InpMtx_writeForHumanEye(mtxA, msgFile) ;
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n symbolic factorization") ;
   IVL_writeForHumanEye(symbfacIVL, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   ------------------------------------------
   STEP 4: initialize the front matrix object
      and the PatchAndGoInfo object to handle
      small pivots
   ------------------------------------------
*/
frontmtx = FrontMtx_new() ;
mtxmanager = SubMtxManager_new() ;
SubMtxManager_init(mtxmanager, LOCK_IN_PROCESS, 0) ;
FrontMtx_init(frontmtx, frontETree, symbfacIVL, type, symmetryflag, 
            FRONTMTX_DENSE_FRONTS, SPOOLES_NO_PIVOTING, LOCK_IN_PROCESS,
            0, NULL, mtxmanager, msglvl, msgFile) ;
if ( patchAndGoFlag == 1 ) {
   frontmtx->patchinfo = PatchAndGoInfo_new() ;
   PatchAndGoInfo_init(frontmtx->patchinfo, 1, toosmall, fudge,
                       storeids, storevalues) ;
} else if ( patchAndGoFlag == 2 ) {
   frontmtx->patchinfo = PatchAndGoInfo_new() ;
   PatchAndGoInfo_init(frontmtx->patchinfo, 2, toosmall, fudge,
                       storeids, storevalues) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   ------------------------------------------
   STEP 5: setup the domain decomposition map
   ------------------------------------------
*/
if ( nthread > (nfront = FrontMtx_nfront(frontmtx)) ) {
   nthread = nfront ;
}
cumopsDV = DV_new() ;
DV_init(cumopsDV, nthread, NULL) ;
ownersIV = ETree_ddMap(frontETree, type, symmetryflag,
                       cumopsDV, 1./(2.*nthread)) ;
DV_free(cumopsDV) ;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   -----------------------------------------------------
   STEP 6: compute the numeric factorization in parallel
   -----------------------------------------------------
*/
chvmanager = ChvManager_new() ;
ChvManager_init(chvmanager, LOCK_IN_PROCESS, 1) ;
DVfill(10, cpus, 0.0) ;
IVfill(20, stats, 0) ;
lookahead = 0 ;
rootchv = FrontMtx_MT_factorInpMtx(frontmtx, mtxA, tau, 0.0, 
                                 chvmanager, ownersIV, lookahead, 
                                 &error, cpus, stats, msglvl, msgFile) ;
if ( patchAndGoFlag == 1 ) {
   if ( frontmtx->patchinfo->fudgeIV != NULL ) {
      fprintf(msgFile, "\n small pivots found at these locations") ;
      IV_writeForHumanEye(frontmtx->patchinfo->fudgeIV, msgFile) ;
   }
   PatchAndGoInfo_free(frontmtx->patchinfo) ;
} else if ( patchAndGoFlag == 2 ) {
   if ( frontmtx->patchinfo->fudgeIV != NULL ) {
      fprintf(msgFile, "\n small pivots found at these locations") ;
      IV_writeForHumanEye(frontmtx->patchinfo->fudgeIV, msgFile) ;
   }
   if ( frontmtx->patchinfo->fudgeDV != NULL ) {
      fprintf(msgFile, "\n perturbations") ;
      DV_writeForHumanEye(frontmtx->patchinfo->fudgeDV, msgFile) ;
   }
   PatchAndGoInfo_free(frontmtx->patchinfo) ;
}
ChvManager_free(chvmanager) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n factor matrix") ;
   FrontMtx_writeForHumanEye(frontmtx, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
if ( rootchv != NULL ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n matrix found to be singular\n") ;
   spoolesFatal();
}
if ( error >= 0 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n fatal error at front %d\n", error) ;
   spoolesFatal();
}
/*
   --------------------------------------
   STEP 7: post-process the factorization
   --------------------------------------
*/
FrontMtx_postProcess(frontmtx, msglvl, msgFile) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n factor matrix after post-processing") ;
   FrontMtx_writeForHumanEye(frontmtx, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   -----------------------------------------
   STEP 8: read the right hand side matrix B
   -----------------------------------------
*/
if ( (inputFile = fopen(rhsFileName, "r")) == NULL ) {
   fprintf(stderr, "\n unable to open file %s", rhsFileName) ;
   spoolesFatal();
}
fscanf(inputFile, "%d %d", &nrow, &nrhs) ;
mtxB = DenseMtx_new() ;
DenseMtx_init(mtxB, type, 0, 0, neqns, nrhs, 1, neqns) ;
DenseMtx_zero(mtxB) ;
if ( type == SPOOLES_REAL ) {
   for ( irow = 0 ; irow < nrow ; irow++ ) {
      fscanf(inputFile, "%d", &jrow) ;
      for ( jrhs = 0 ; jrhs < nrhs ; jrhs++ ) {
         fscanf(inputFile, "%le", &value) ;
         DenseMtx_setRealEntry(mtxB, jrow, jrhs, value) ;
      }
   }
} else {
   for ( irow = 0 ; irow < nrow ; irow++ ) {
      fscanf(inputFile, "%d", &jrow) ;
      for ( jrhs = 0 ; jrhs < nrhs ; jrhs++ ) {
         fscanf(inputFile, "%le %le", &real, &imag) ;
         DenseMtx_setComplexEntry(mtxB, jrow, jrhs, real, imag) ;
      }
   }
}
fclose(inputFile) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n rhs matrix in original ordering") ;
   DenseMtx_writeForHumanEye(mtxB, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   STEP 9: permute the right hand side into the original ordering
   --------------------------------------------------------------
*/
DenseMtx_permuteRows(mtxB, oldToNewIV) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n right hand side matrix in new ordering") ;
   DenseMtx_writeForHumanEye(mtxB, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   --------------------------------------------------------
   STEP 10: get the solve map object for the parallel solve
   --------------------------------------------------------
*/
solvemap = SolveMap_new() ;
SolveMap_ddMap(solvemap, type, FrontMtx_upperBlockIVL(frontmtx),
               FrontMtx_lowerBlockIVL(frontmtx), nthread, ownersIV, 
               FrontMtx_frontTree(frontmtx), seed, msglvl, msgFile) ;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   --------------------------------------------
   STEP 11: solve the linear system in parallel
   --------------------------------------------
*/
mtxX = DenseMtx_new() ;
DenseMtx_init(mtxX, type, 0, 0, neqns, nrhs, 1, neqns) ;
DenseMtx_zero(mtxX) ;
FrontMtx_MT_solve(frontmtx, mtxX, mtxB, mtxmanager, solvemap,
                  cpus, msglvl, msgFile) ;
if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n solution matrix in new ordering") ;
   DenseMtx_writeForHumanEye(mtxX, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   --------------------------------------------------------
   STEP 12: permute the solution into the original ordering
   --------------------------------------------------------
*/
DenseMtx_permuteRows(mtxX, newToOldIV) ;
if ( msglvl > 0 ) {
   fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n solution matrix in original ordering") ;
   DenseMtx_writeForHumanEye(mtxX, msgFile) ;
   fflush(msgFile) ;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
   -----------
   free memory
   -----------
*/
FrontMtx_free(frontmtx) ;
DenseMtx_free(mtxX) ;
DenseMtx_free(mtxB) ;
IV_free(newToOldIV) ;
IV_free(oldToNewIV) ;
InpMtx_free(mtxA) ;
ETree_free(frontETree) ;
IVL_free(symbfacIVL) ;
SubMtxManager_free(mtxmanager) ;
Graph_free(graph) ;
SolveMap_free(solvemap) ;
IV_free(ownersIV) ;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
return(1) ; }
Ejemplo n.º 2
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/*
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   purpose -- to construct the map from fronts to processors,
      and compute operations for each processor.

   maptype -- type of map for parallel factorization
      maptype = 1 --> wrap map
      maptype = 2 --> balanced map
      maptype = 3 --> subtree-subset map
      maptype = 4 --> domain decomposition map
   cutoff -- used when maptype = 4 as upper bound on
      relative domain size

   return value --
      1 -- success
     -1 -- bridge is NULL
     -2 -- front tree is NULL

   created -- 98sep25, cca
   ----------------------------------------------------------
*/
int
BridgeMPI_factorSetup (
    BridgeMPI   *bridge,
    int         maptype,
    double      cutoff
) {
    double   t1, t2 ;
    DV       *cumopsDV ;
    ETree    *frontETree ;
    FILE     *msgFile ;
    int      msglvl, nproc ;
    /*
       ---------------
       check the input
       ---------------
    */
    MARKTIME(t1) ;
    if ( bridge == NULL ) {
        fprintf(stderr, "\n error in BridgeMPI_factorSetup()"
                "\n bridge is NULL") ;
        return(-1) ;
    }
    if ( (frontETree = bridge->frontETree) == NULL ) {
        fprintf(stderr, "\n error in BridgeMPI_factorSetup()"
                "\n frontETree is NULL") ;
        return(-2) ;
    }
    nproc   = bridge->nproc   ;
    msglvl  = bridge->msglvl  ;
    msgFile = bridge->msgFile ;
    /*
       -------------------------------------------
       allocate and initialize the cumopsDV object
       -------------------------------------------
    */
    if ( (cumopsDV = bridge->cumopsDV) == NULL ) {
        cumopsDV = bridge->cumopsDV = DV_new() ;
    }
    DV_setSize(cumopsDV, nproc) ;
    DV_zero(cumopsDV) ;
    /*
       ----------------------------
       create the owners map object
       ----------------------------
    */
    switch ( maptype ) {
    case 1 :
        bridge->ownersIV = ETree_wrapMap(frontETree, bridge->type,
                                         bridge->symmetryflag, cumopsDV) ;
        break ;
    case 2 :
        bridge->ownersIV = ETree_balancedMap(frontETree, bridge->type,
                                             bridge->symmetryflag, cumopsDV) ;
        break ;
    case 3 :
        bridge->ownersIV = ETree_subtreeSubsetMap(frontETree, bridge->type,
                           bridge->symmetryflag, cumopsDV) ;
        break ;
    case 4 :
        bridge->ownersIV = ETree_ddMap(frontETree, bridge->type,
                                       bridge->symmetryflag, cumopsDV, cutoff) ;
        break ;
    default :
        bridge->ownersIV = ETree_ddMap(frontETree, bridge->type,
                                       bridge->symmetryflag, cumopsDV, 1./(2*nproc)) ;
        break ;
    }
    MARKTIME(t2) ;
    bridge->cpus[7] = t2 - t1 ;
    if ( msglvl > 1 ) {
        fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n parallel factor setup") ;
        fprintf(msgFile, "\n type = %d, symmetryflag = %d",
                bridge->type, bridge->symmetryflag) ;
        fprintf(msgFile, "\n total factor operations = %.0f",
                DV_sum(cumopsDV)) ;
        fprintf(msgFile,
                "\n upper bound on speedup due to load balance = %.2f",
                DV_max(cumopsDV)/DV_sum(cumopsDV)) ;
        fprintf(msgFile, "\n operations distributions over threads") ;
        DV_writeForHumanEye(cumopsDV, msgFile) ;
        fflush(msgFile) ;
    }
    if ( msglvl > 2 ) {
        fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n owners map IV object") ;
        IV_writeForHumanEye(bridge->ownersIV, msgFile) ;
        fflush(msgFile) ;
    }
    /*
       ----------------------------
       create the vertex map object
       ----------------------------
    */
    bridge->vtxmapIV = IV_new() ;
    IV_init(bridge->vtxmapIV, bridge->neqns, NULL) ;
    IVgather(bridge->neqns, IV_entries(bridge->vtxmapIV),
             IV_entries(bridge->ownersIV),
             ETree_vtxToFront(bridge->frontETree)) ;
    if ( msglvl > 2 ) {
        fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n vertex map IV object") ;
        IV_writeForHumanEye(bridge->vtxmapIV, msgFile) ;
        fflush(msgFile) ;
    }

    return(1) ;
}
Ejemplo n.º 3
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//static void factor_MT(struct factorinfo *pfi, InpMtx *mtxA, int size, FILE *msgFile, int symmetryflag)
void factor_MT(struct factorinfo *pfi, InpMtx *mtxA, int size, FILE *msgFile, int symmetryflag)
{
	Graph *graph;
	IV *ownersIV;
	IVL *symbfacIVL;
	Chv *rootchv;

	/* Initialize pfi: */
	pfi->size = size;
	pfi->msgFile = msgFile;
	DVfill(10, pfi->cpus, 0.0);

	/*
	 * STEP 1 : find a low-fill ordering
	 * (1) create the Graph object
	 */
	ssolve_creategraph(&graph, &pfi->frontETree, mtxA, size, msgFile);

	/*
	 * STEP 2: get the permutation, permute the matrix and 
	 *      front tree and get the symbolic factorization
	 */
	ssolve_permuteA(&pfi->oldToNewIV, &pfi->newToOldIV, &symbfacIVL, pfi->frontETree,
		     mtxA, msgFile, symmetryflag);

	/*
	 * STEP 3: Prepare distribution to multiple threads/cpus
	 */
	{
		DV *cumopsDV;
		int nfront;

		nfront = ETree_nfront(pfi->frontETree);

		pfi->nthread = num_cpus;
		if (pfi->nthread > nfront)
			pfi->nthread = nfront;

		cumopsDV = DV_new();
		DV_init(cumopsDV, pfi->nthread, NULL);
		ownersIV = ETree_ddMap(pfi->frontETree, SPOOLES_REAL, symmetryflag,
				       cumopsDV, 1. / (2. * pfi->nthread));
		if (DEBUG_LVL > 1) {
			fprintf(msgFile,
				"\n\n map from fronts to threads");
			IV_writeForHumanEye(ownersIV, msgFile);
			fprintf(msgFile,
				"\n\n factor operations for each front");
			DV_writeForHumanEye(cumopsDV, msgFile);
			fflush(msgFile);
		} else {
			fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n Using %d threads\n",
				pfi->nthread);
		}
		DV_free(cumopsDV);
	}

	/*
	 * STEP 4: initialize the front matrix object
	 */
	{
		pfi->frontmtx = FrontMtx_new();
		pfi->mtxmanager = SubMtxManager_new();
		SubMtxManager_init(pfi->mtxmanager, LOCK_IN_PROCESS, 0);
		FrontMtx_init(pfi->frontmtx, pfi->frontETree, symbfacIVL, SPOOLES_REAL,
			      symmetryflag, FRONTMTX_DENSE_FRONTS,
			      SPOOLES_PIVOTING, LOCK_IN_PROCESS, 0, NULL,
			      pfi->mtxmanager, DEBUG_LVL, pfi->msgFile);
	}

	/*
	 * STEP 5: compute the numeric factorization in parallel
	 */
	{
		ChvManager *chvmanager;
		int stats[20];
		int error;

		chvmanager = ChvManager_new();
		ChvManager_init(chvmanager, LOCK_IN_PROCESS, 1);
		IVfill(20, stats, 0);
		rootchv = FrontMtx_MT_factorInpMtx(pfi->frontmtx, mtxA, MAGIC_TAU, MAGIC_DTOL,
						   chvmanager, ownersIV, 0,
						   &error, pfi->cpus, stats, DEBUG_LVL,
						   pfi->msgFile);
		ChvManager_free(chvmanager);
		if (DEBUG_LVL > 1) {
			fprintf(msgFile, "\n\n factor matrix");
			FrontMtx_writeForHumanEye(pfi->frontmtx, pfi->msgFile);
			fflush(pfi->msgFile);
		}
		if (rootchv != NULL) {
			fprintf(pfi->msgFile, "\n\n matrix found to be singular\n");
			exit(-1);
		}
		if (error >= 0) {
			fprintf(pfi->msgFile, "\n\n fatal error at front %d", error);
			exit(-1);
		}
	}

	/*
	 * STEP 6: post-process the factorization
	 */
	ssolve_postfactor(pfi->frontmtx, pfi->msgFile);

	/*
	 * STEP 7: get the solve map object for the parallel solve
	 */
	{
		pfi->solvemap = SolveMap_new();
		SolveMap_ddMap(pfi->solvemap, symmetryflag,
			       FrontMtx_upperBlockIVL(pfi->frontmtx),
			       FrontMtx_lowerBlockIVL(pfi->frontmtx), pfi->nthread, ownersIV,
			       FrontMtx_frontTree(pfi->frontmtx), RNDSEED, DEBUG_LVL,
			       pfi->msgFile);
	}

	/* cleanup: */
	InpMtx_free(mtxA);
	IVL_free(symbfacIVL);
	Graph_free(graph);
	IV_free(ownersIV);
}