eigen_sparse_linear_solver.C

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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
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#include "libmesh/libmesh_common.h"
 
#ifdef LIBMESH_HAVE_EIGEN
 
 
// Local Includes
#include "libmesh/eigen_sparse_linear_solver.h"
#include "libmesh/libmesh_logging.h"
#include "libmesh/enum_to_string.h"
#include "libmesh/solver_configuration.h"
#include "libmesh/enum_preconditioner_type.h"
#include "libmesh/enum_solver_type.h"
 
// GMRES is an "unsupported" iterative solver in Eigen.
#include "libmesh/ignore_warnings.h"
#include <unsupported/Eigen/IterativeSolvers>
#include "libmesh/restore_warnings.h"
 
namespace libMesh
{
 
template <typename T>
EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::
EigenSparseLinearSolver(const Parallel::Communicator & comm_in) :
  LinearSolver<T>(comm_in),
  _comp_info(Eigen::Success)
{
  // The GMRES _solver_type can be used in EigenSparseLinearSolver,
  // however, the GMRES iterative solver is currently in the Eigen
  // "unsupported" directory, so we use BICGSTAB as our default.
  this->_solver_type = BICGSTAB;
}
 
 
 
template <typename T>
void EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::clear ()
{
  if (this->initialized())
    {
      this->_is_initialized = false;
 
      this->_solver_type         = BICGSTAB;
      this->_preconditioner_type = ILU_PRECOND;
    }
}
 
 
 
template <typename T>
void EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::init (const char * /*name*/)
{
  // Initialize the data structures if not done so already.
  if (!this->initialized())
    {
      this->_is_initialized = true;
    }
}
 
 
 
template <typename T>
std::pair<unsigned int, Real>
EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::solve (SparseMatrix<T> & matrix_in,
                                   NumericVector<T> & solution_in,
                                   NumericVector<T> & rhs_in,
                                   const std::optional<double> tol,
                                   const std::optional<unsigned int> m_its)
{
  LOG_SCOPE("solve()", "EigenSparseLinearSolver");
  this->init ();
 
  // Make sure the data passed in are really Eigen types
  EigenSparseMatrix<T> & matrix   = cast_ref<EigenSparseMatrix<T> &>(matrix_in);
  EigenSparseVector<T> & solution = cast_ref<EigenSparseVector<T> &>(solution_in);
  EigenSparseVector<T> & rhs      = cast_ref<EigenSparseVector<T> &>(rhs_in);
 
  // Close the matrix and vectors in case this wasn't already done.
  matrix.close();
  solution.close();
  rhs.close();
 
  std::pair<unsigned int, Real> retval(0,0.);
 
  // Eigen doesn't give us a solver base class?  We'll just use a
  // generic lambda, then.
  auto do_solve = [this, &rhs, &solution, tol, m_its]
    (auto & e_solver, std::string_view msg) {
    const int max_its = this->get_int_solver_setting("max_its", m_its);
    const double abs_tol = this->get_real_solver_setting("abs_tol", tol);
 
    e_solver.setMaxIterations(max_its);
    e_solver.setTolerance(abs_tol);
    libMesh::out << msg << std::endl;
 
    solution._vec = e_solver.solveWithGuess(rhs._vec,solution._vec);
 
    libMesh::out << "#iterations: " << e_solver.iterations() << " / " << max_its << std::endl;
    libMesh::out << "estimated error: " << e_solver.error() << " / " << abs_tol << std::endl;
    _comp_info = e_solver.info();
    return std::make_pair(e_solver.iterations(), e_solver.error());
  };
 
  using Eigen::DiagonalPreconditioner;
  using Eigen::IdentityPreconditioner;
  using Eigen::IncompleteCholesky;
  using Eigen::IncompleteLUT;
 
  // Solve the linear system
  switch (this->_solver_type)
    {
      // Conjugate-Gradient
    case CG:
      {
        const int UPLO = Eigen::Lower|Eigen::Upper;
 
        switch (this->_preconditioner_type)
        {
          case IDENTITY_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::ConjugateGradient<EigenSM,UPLO,IdentityPreconditioner> solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = do_solve(solver, "Eigen CG solver without preconditioning");
              break;
            }
          case ILU_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::ConjugateGradient<EigenSM,UPLO,IncompleteLUT<Number,eigen_idx_type>>
                solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = do_solve(solver, "Eigen CG solver with Incomplete Cholesky preconditioning");
              break;
            }
          case ICC_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::ConjugateGradient<EigenSM,UPLO,
                IncompleteCholesky<Number,Eigen::Lower,Eigen::AMDOrdering<eigen_idx_type>>>
                solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = do_solve(solver, "Eigen CG solver with Incomplete Cholesky preconditioning");
              break;
            }
          default: // For our default let's use their default
            libmesh_warning("No EigenSparseLinearSolver support for " <<
                            Utility::enum_to_string<PreconditionerType>(this->_preconditioner_type)
                            << " preconditioning.");
            libmesh_fallthrough();
          case JACOBI_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::ConjugateGradient<EigenSM,UPLO,DiagonalPreconditioner<Number>> solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = do_solve(solver, "Eigen CG solver with Jacobi preconditioning");
              break;
            }
        }
        break;
      }
 
      // Bi-Conjugate Gradient Stabilized
    case BICGSTAB:
      {
        switch (this->_preconditioner_type)
        {
          case IDENTITY_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::BiCGSTAB<EigenSM, IdentityPreconditioner> solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = do_solve(solver, "Eigen BiCGStab solver");
              break;
            }
          case ICC_PRECOND:
          case ILU_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::BiCGSTAB<EigenSM,IncompleteLUT<Number, eigen_idx_type>>
                solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = do_solve(solver, "Eigen BiCGSTAB solver with ILU preconditioning");
              break;
            }
          default: // For our default let's use their default
            libmesh_warning("No EigenSparseLinearSolver support for " <<
                            Utility::enum_to_string<PreconditionerType>(this->_preconditioner_type)
                            << " preconditioning.");
            libmesh_fallthrough();
          case JACOBI_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::BiCGSTAB<EigenSM,DiagonalPreconditioner<Number>> solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = do_solve(solver, "Eigen BiCGSTAB solver with Jacobi preconditioning");
              break;
            }
        }
        break;
      }
 
      // Generalized Minimum Residual
    case GMRES:
      {
        auto set_restart_and_solve = [this, &do_solve]
          (auto & gm_solver, std::string_view msg)
        {
          // If there is an int parameter called "gmres_restart" in the
          // SolverConfiguration object, pass it to the Eigen GMRES
          // solver.
          if (this->_solver_configuration)
            if (const auto it = this->_solver_configuration->int_valued_data.find("gmres_restart");
                it != this->_solver_configuration->int_valued_data.end())
              gm_solver.set_restart(it->second);
 
          std::ostringstream full_msg;
          full_msg << msg << ", restart = " << gm_solver.get_restart();
          return do_solve(gm_solver, full_msg.str());
        };
 
        switch (this->_preconditioner_type)
        {
          case IDENTITY_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::GMRES<EigenSM,IdentityPreconditioner> solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = set_restart_and_solve(solver, "Eigen GMRES solver without preconditioning");
              break;
            }
          case ICC_PRECOND:
          case ILU_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::GMRES<EigenSM,IncompleteLUT<Number, eigen_idx_type>>
                solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = set_restart_and_solve(solver, "Eigen GMRES solver with ILU preconditioning");
              break;
            }
          default: // For our default let's use their default
            libmesh_warning("No EigenSparseLinearSolver support for " <<
                            Utility::enum_to_string<PreconditionerType>(this->_preconditioner_type)
                            << " preconditioning.");
            libmesh_fallthrough();
          case JACOBI_PRECOND:
            {
              Eigen::GMRES<EigenSM,DiagonalPreconditioner<Number>> solver (matrix._mat);
              retval = set_restart_and_solve(solver, "Eigen CG solver with Jacobi preconditioning");
              break;
            }
        }
        break;
      }
 
    case SPARSELU:
      {
        // SparseLU solver code adapted from:
        // http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/dox-devel/classEigen_1_1SparseLU.html
        //
        // From Eigen docs:
        // The input matrix A should be in a compressed and
        // column-major form. Otherwise an expensive copy will be
        // made. You can call the inexpensive makeCompressed() to get
        // a compressed matrix.
        //
        // Note: we don't have a column-major storage format here, so
        // I think a copy must be made in order to use SparseLU.  It
        // appears that we also have to call makeCompressed(),
        // otherwise you get a segfault.
        matrix._mat.makeCompressed();
 
        // Build the SparseLU solver object.  Note, there is one other
        // sparse direct solver available in Eigen:
        //
        // Eigen::SparseQR<EigenSM, Eigen::AMDOrdering<int>> solver;
        //
        // I've tested it, and it works, but it is much slower than
        // SparseLU.  The main benefit of SparseQR is that it can
        // handle non-square matrices, but we don't allow non-square
        // sparse matrices to be built in libmesh...
        Eigen::SparseLU<EigenSM> solver;
 
        libMesh::out << "Eigen Sparse LU solver" << std::endl;
 
        // Compute the ordering permutation vector from the structural pattern of the matrix.
        solver.analyzePattern(matrix._mat);
 
        // Compute the numerical factorization
        solver.factorize(matrix._mat);
 
        // Use the factors to solve the linear system
        solution._vec = solver.solve(rhs._vec);
 
        // Set up the return value.  The SparseLU solver doesn't
        // support asking for the number of iterations or the final
        // error, so we'll just report back 1 and 0, respectively.
        retval = std::make_pair(/*n. iterations=*/1, /*error=*/0);
 
        // Store the success/failure reason and break out.
        _comp_info = solver.info();
        break;
      }
 
      // Unknown solver, use BICGSTAB
    default:
      {
        libMesh::err << "ERROR:  Unsupported Eigen Solver: "
                     << Utility::enum_to_string(this->_solver_type) << std::endl
                     << "Continuing with BICGSTAB" << std::endl;
 
        this->_solver_type = BICGSTAB;
 
        return this->solve (matrix,
                            solution,
                            rhs,
                            tol,
                            m_its);
      }
    }
 
  return retval;
}
 
 
 
template <typename T>
std::pair<unsigned int, Real>
EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::adjoint_solve (SparseMatrix<T> & matrix_in,
                                           NumericVector<T> & solution_in,
                                           NumericVector<T> & rhs_in,
                                           const std::optional<double> tol,
                                           const std::optional<unsigned int> m_its)
{
  LOG_SCOPE("adjoint_solve()", "EigenSparseLinearSolver");
 
  libmesh_experimental();
  EigenSparseMatrix<T> mat_trans(this->comm());
  matrix_in.get_transpose(mat_trans);
 
  std::pair<unsigned int, Real> retval = this->solve (mat_trans,
                                                      solution_in,
                                                      rhs_in,
                                                      tol,
                                                      m_its);
 
  return retval;
}
 
 
 
 
template <typename T>
std::pair<unsigned int, Real>
EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::solve (const ShellMatrix<T> & /*shell_matrix*/,
                                   NumericVector<T> & /*solution_in*/,
                                   NumericVector<T> & /*rhs_in*/,
                                   const std::optional<double> /*tol*/,
                                   const std::optional<unsigned int> /*m_its*/)
{
  libmesh_not_implemented();
  return std::make_pair(0,0.0);
}
 
 
 
template <typename T>
std::pair<unsigned int, Real>
EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::solve (const ShellMatrix<T> & /*shell_matrix*/,
                                   const SparseMatrix<T> & /*precond_matrix*/,
                                   NumericVector<T> & /*solution_in*/,
                                   NumericVector<T> & /*rhs_in*/,
                                   const std::optional<double> /*tol*/,
                                   const std::optional<unsigned int> /*m_its*/)
{
  libmesh_not_implemented();
  return std::make_pair(0,0.0);
}
 
 
 
template <typename T>
void EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::set_eigen_preconditioner_type ()
{
  libmesh_not_implemented();
 
  // switch (this->_preconditioner_type)
  //   {
  //   case IDENTITY_PRECOND:
  //     _precond_type = nullptr; return;
 
  //   case ILU_PRECOND:
  //     _precond_type = ILUPrecond; return;
 
  //   case JACOBI_PRECOND:
  //     _precond_type = JacobiPrecond; return;
 
  //   case SSOR_PRECOND:
  //     _precond_type = SSORPrecond; return;
 
 
  //   default:
  //     libMesh::err << "ERROR:  Unsupported LASPACK Preconditioner: "
  //     << this->_preconditioner_type << std::endl
  //     << "Continuing with ILU"      << std::endl;
  //     this->_preconditioner_type = ILU_PRECOND;
  //     this->set_laspack_preconditioner_type();
  //   }
}
 
 
 
template <typename T>
LinearConvergenceReason EigenSparseLinearSolver<T>::get_converged_reason() const
{
  // If later versions of Eigen start returning new enumerations,
  // we'll need to add them to the map...
  if (auto it = _convergence_reasons.find(_comp_info);
      it == _convergence_reasons.end())
    {
      libmesh_warning("Warning: unknown Eigen::ComputationInfo: " \
                      << _comp_info \
                      << " returning CONVERGED_ITS." \
                      << std::endl);
      return CONVERGED_ITS;
    }
  else
    return it->second;
}
 
 
 
//------------------------------------------------------------------
// Explicit instantiations
template class LIBMESH_EXPORT EigenSparseLinearSolver<Number>;
 
} // namespace libMesh
 
 
#endif // #ifdef LIBMESH_HAVE_EIGEN