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#include <deal.II/base/exceptions.h>
#include <deal.II/base/logstream.h>
#include <deal.II/base/mpi.h>
#include <deal.II/base/utilities.h>
 
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
 
#ifdef DEAL_II_WITH_MPI
#  include <mpi.h>
#endif
 
#ifdef DEAL_II_HAVE_GLIBC_STACKTRACE
#  include <execinfo.h>
#endif
 
#ifdef DEAL_II_HAVE_LIBSTDCXX_DEMANGLER
#  include <cxxabi.h>
#endif
 
DEAL_II_NAMESPACE_OPEN
 
 
namespace deal_II_exceptions
{
  namespace internals
  {
    std::string &
    get_additional_assert_output()
    {
      static std::string additional_assert_output;
      return additional_assert_output;
    }
 
    bool show_stacktrace = true;
 
    bool allow_abort_on_exception = true;
  } // namespace internals
 
  void
  set_additional_assert_output(const std::string &p)
  {
    internals::get_additional_assert_output() = p;
  }
 
  void
  suppress_stacktrace_in_exceptions()
  {
    internals::show_stacktrace = false;
  }
 
  void
  disable_abort_on_exception()
  {
    internals::allow_abort_on_exception = false;
  }
} // namespace deal_II_exceptions
 
 
 
ExceptionBase::ExceptionBase()
  : file("")
  , line(0)
  , function("")
  , cond("")
  , exc("")
  , stacktrace(nullptr)
  , n_stacktrace_frames(0)
  , what_str("")
{
#ifdef DEAL_II_HAVE_GLIBC_STACKTRACE
  std::fill(std::begin(raw_stacktrace), std::end(raw_stacktrace), nullptr);
#endif
}
 
 
 
ExceptionBase::ExceptionBase(const ExceptionBase &exc)
  : file(exc.file)
  , line(exc.line)
  , function(exc.function)
  , cond(exc.cond)
  , exc(exc.exc)
  , stacktrace(nullptr)
  , // don't copy stacktrace to avoid double de-allocation problem
  n_stacktrace_frames(0)
  , what_str("") // don't copy the error message, it gets generated dynamically
                 // by what()
{
#ifdef DEAL_II_HAVE_GLIBC_STACKTRACE
  std::fill(std::begin(raw_stacktrace), std::end(raw_stacktrace), nullptr);
#endif
}
 
 
 
ExceptionBase::~ExceptionBase() noexcept
{
  free(stacktrace); // free(nullptr) is allowed
  stacktrace = nullptr;
}
 
 
 
void
ExceptionBase::set_fields(const char *f,
                          const int   l,
                          const char *func,
                          const char *c,
                          const char *e)
{
  file     = f;
  line     = l;
  function = func;
  cond     = c;
  exc      = e;
 
  // If the system supports this, get a stacktrace how we got here:
  // Note that we defer the symbol lookup done by backtrace_symbols()
  // to when we need it (see what() below). This is for performance
  // reasons, as this requires loading libraries and can take in the
  // order of seconds on some machines.
#ifdef DEAL_II_HAVE_GLIBC_STACKTRACE
  n_stacktrace_frames = backtrace(raw_stacktrace, 25);
#endif
}
 
const char *
ExceptionBase::what() const noexcept
{
  // If no error c_string was generated so far, do it now:
  if (what_str.empty())
    {
#ifdef DEAL_II_HAVE_GLIBC_STACKTRACE
      // We have deferred the symbol lookup to this point to avoid costly
      // runtime penalties due to linkage of external libraries by
      // backtrace_symbols.
 
      // first delete old stacktrace if necessary
      free(stacktrace); // free(nullptr) is allowed
      stacktrace = backtrace_symbols(raw_stacktrace, n_stacktrace_frames);
#endif
 
      generate_message();
    }
 
  return what_str.c_str();
}
 
 
const char *
ExceptionBase::get_exc_name() const
{
  return exc;
}
 
 
 
void
ExceptionBase::print_exc_data(std::ostream &out) const
{
  // print a header for the exception
  out << "An error occurred in line <" << line << "> of file <" << file
      << "> in function" << std::endl
      << "    " << function << std::endl
      << "The violated condition was: " << std::endl
      << "    " << cond << std::endl;
 
  // print the way the additional information message was generated.
  // this is useful if the names of local variables appear in the
  // generation of the error message, because it allows the identification
  // of parts of the error text with what variables may have cause this
  //
  // On the other hand, this is almost never the case for ExcMessage
  // exceptions which would simply print the same text twice: once for
  // the way the message was composed, and once for the additional
  // information. Furthermore, the former of these two is often spread
  // between numerous "..."-enclosed strings that the preprocessor
  // collates into a single string, making it awkward to read. Consequently,
  // elide this text if the message was generated via an ExcMessage object
  if (std::strstr(cond, "::ExcMessage") != nullptr)
    out << "The name and call sequence of the exception was:" << std::endl
        << "    " << exc << std::endl;
 
  // finally print the additional information the exception provides:
  out << "Additional information: " << std::endl;
}
 
 
 
void
ExceptionBase::print_info(std::ostream &out) const
{
  out << "    (none)" << std::endl;
}
 
 
 
void
ExceptionBase::print_stack_trace(std::ostream &out) const
{
  if (n_stacktrace_frames == 0)
    return;
 
  if (deal_II_exceptions::internals::show_stacktrace == false)
    return;
 
  // if there is a stackframe stored, print it
  out << std::endl;
  out << "Stacktrace:" << std::endl << "-----------" << std::endl;
 
  // print the stacktrace. first omit all those frames that have
  // ExceptionBase or deal_II_exceptions in their names, as these
  // correspond to the exception raising mechanism themselves, rather than
  // the place where the exception was triggered
  int frame = 0;
  while ((frame < n_stacktrace_frames) &&
         ((std::string(stacktrace[frame]).find("ExceptionBase") !=
           std::string::npos) ||
          (std::string(stacktrace[frame]).find("deal_II_exceptions") !=
           std::string::npos)))
    ++frame;
 
  // output the rest
  const unsigned int first_significant_frame = frame;
  for (; frame < n_stacktrace_frames; ++frame)
    {
      out << '#' << frame - first_significant_frame << "  ";
 
      // the stacktrace frame is actually of the format
      // "filename(functionname+offset) [address]". let's try to get the
      // mangled functionname out:
      std::string        stacktrace_entry(stacktrace[frame]);
      const unsigned int pos_start = stacktrace_entry.find('('),
                         pos_end   = stacktrace_entry.find('+');
      std::string functionname =
        stacktrace_entry.substr(pos_start + 1, pos_end - pos_start - 1);
 
      stacktrace_entry = stacktrace_entry.substr(0, pos_start);
      stacktrace_entry += ": ";
 
      // demangle, and if successful replace old mangled string by
      // unmangled one (skipping address and offset). treat "main"
      // differently, since it is apparently demangled as "unsigned int"
      // for unknown reasons :-) if we can, demangle the function name
#ifdef DEAL_II_HAVE_LIBSTDCXX_DEMANGLER
      int   status;
      char *p =
        abi::__cxa_demangle(functionname.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, &status);
 
      if ((status == 0) && (functionname != "main"))
        {
          std::string realname(p);
          // in MT mode, one often gets backtraces spanning several lines
          // because we have so many boost::tuple arguments in the MT
          // calling functions. most of the trailing arguments of these
          // tuples are actually unused boost::tuples::null_type, so we
          // should split them off if they are trailing a template argument
          // list
          while (realname.find(", boost::tuples::null_type>") !=
                 std::string::npos)
            realname.erase(realname.find(", boost::tuples::null_type>"),
                           std::string(", boost::tuples::null_type").size());
 
          stacktrace_entry += realname;
        }
      else
        stacktrace_entry += functionname;
 
      free(p);
 
#else
 
      stacktrace_entry += functionname;
#endif
 
      // then output what we have
      out << stacktrace_entry << std::endl;
 
      // stop if we're in main()
      if (functionname == "main")
        break;
    }
}
 
 
 
void
ExceptionBase::generate_message() const
{
  // build up a c_string with the error message.
  // Guard this procedure with a try block, we shall not throw at this
  // place...
  try
    {
      std::ostringstream converter;
 
      converter << std::endl
                << "--------------------------------------------------------"
                << std::endl;
 
      // print out general data
      print_exc_data(converter);
      // print out exception specific data
      print_info(converter);
      print_stack_trace(converter);
 
      if (!deal_II_exceptions::internals::get_additional_assert_output()
             .empty())
        {
          converter
            << "--------------------------------------------------------"
            << std::endl
            << deal_II_exceptions::internals::get_additional_assert_output()
            << std::endl;
        }
 
      converter << "--------------------------------------------------------"
                << std::endl;
 
      what_str = converter.str();
    }
  catch (...)
    {
      // On error, resume next. There is nothing better we can do...
      what_str = "ExceptionBase::generate_message () failed";
    }
}
 
 
 
#ifdef DEAL_II_WITH_MPI
namespace StandardExceptions
{
  ExcMPI::ExcMPI(const int error_code)
    : error_code(error_code)
  {}
 
  void
  ExcMPI::print_info(std::ostream &out) const
  {
    char error_name[MPI_MAX_ERROR_STRING];
    error_name[0]        = '\0';
    int resulting_length = MPI_MAX_ERROR_STRING;
 
    bool error_name_known = false;
    // workaround for Open MPI 1.6.5 not accepting
    // MPI_ERR_LASTCODE in MPI_Error_class
    if (error_code < MPI_ERR_LASTCODE)
      {
        // get the string name of the error code by first converting it to an
        // error class.
        int error_class  = 0;
        int ierr         = MPI_Error_class(error_code, &error_class);
        error_name_known = (ierr == MPI_SUCCESS);
 
        // Check the output of the error printing functions. If either MPI
        // function fails we should just print a less descriptive message.
        if (error_name_known)
          {
            ierr = MPI_Error_string(error_class, error_name, &resulting_length);
            error_name_known = error_name_known && (ierr == MPI_SUCCESS);
          }
      }
 
    out << "deal.II encountered an error while calling an MPI function."
        << std::endl;
    if (error_name_known)
      {
        out << "The description of the error provided by MPI is \""
            << error_name << "\"." << std::endl;
      }
    else
      {
        out
          << "This error code is not equal to any of the standard MPI error codes."
          << std::endl;
      }
    out << "The numerical value of the original error code is " << error_code
        << "." << std::endl;
  }
} // namespace StandardExceptions
#endif // DEAL_II_WITH_MPI
 
namespace deal_II_exceptions
{
  namespace internals
  {
    [[noreturn]] void
    abort(const ExceptionBase &exc) noexcept
    {
      // first print the error
      std::cerr << exc.what() << std::endl;
 
      // then bail out. if in MPI mode, bring down the entire
      // house by asking the MPI system to do a best-effort
      // operation at also terminating all of the other MPI
      // processes. this is useful because if only one process
      // runs into an assertion, then that may lead to deadlocks
      // if the others don't recognize this, or at the very least
      // delay their termination until they realize that their
      // communication with the job that died times out.
      //
      // Unlike std::abort(), MPI_Abort() unfortunately doesn't break when
      // running inside a debugger like GDB, so only use this strategy if
      // absolutely necessary and inform the user how to use a debugger.
#ifdef DEAL_II_WITH_MPI
      int is_initialized;
      MPI_Initialized(&is_initialized);
      if (is_initialized)
        {
          // do the same as in Utilities::MPI::n_mpi_processes() here,
          // but without error checking to not throw again.
          const int n_proc = Utilities::MPI::n_mpi_processes(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
          if (n_proc > 1)
            {
              std::cerr
                << "Calling MPI_Abort now.\n"
                << "To break execution in a GDB session, execute 'break MPI_Abort' before "
                << "running. You can also put the following into your ~/.gdbinit:\n"
                << "  set breakpoint pending on\n"
                << "  break MPI_Abort\n"
                << "  set breakpoint pending auto" << std::endl;
 
              MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD,
                        /* return code = */ 255);
            }
        }
#endif
      std::abort();
    }
 
 
 
    void
    do_issue_error_nothrow(const ExceptionBase &exc) noexcept
    {
      if (deal_II_exceptions::internals::allow_abort_on_exception)
        abort(exc);
      else
        {
          // We are not allowed to throw, and not allowed to abort.
          // Just print the exception name to deallog and continue normally:
          deallog << "Exception: " << exc.get_exc_name() << std::endl;
          deallog << exc.what() << std::endl;
        }
    }
 
 
 
#ifdef DEAL_II_WITH_CUDA
    std::string
    get_cusparse_error_string(const cusparseStatus_t error_code)
    {
      switch (error_code)
        {
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED:
            {
              return "The cuSPARSE library was not initialized";
            }
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED:
            {
              return "Resource allocation failed inside the cuSPARSE library";
            }
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_INVALID_VALUE:
            {
              return "An unsupported value of parameter was passed to the function";
            }
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_ARCH_MISMATCH:
            {
              return "The function requires a feature absent from the device architecture";
            }
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_MAPPING_ERROR:
            {
              return "An access to GPU memory space failed";
            }
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_EXECUTION_FAILED:
            {
              return "The GPU program failed to execute";
            }
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR:
            {
              return "An internal cuSPARSE operation failed";
            }
          case CUSPARSE_STATUS_MATRIX_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED:
            {
              return "The matrix type is not supported by this function";
            }
          default:
            {
              return "Unknown error";
            }
        }
    }
 
 
 
    std::string
    get_cusolver_error_string(cusolverStatus_t error_code)
    {
      std::string message;
      switch (error_code)
        {
          case CUSOLVER_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED:
            {
              return "The cuSolver library was not initialized";
            }
          case CUSOLVER_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED:
            {
              return "Resource allocation failed inside the cuSolver library";
            }
          case CUSOLVER_STATUS_INVALID_VALUE:
            {
              return "An unsupported value of a parameter was passed to the function";
            }
          case CUSOLVER_STATUS_ARCH_MISMATCH:
            {
              return "The function requires a feature absent from the device architecture";
            }
          case CUSOLVER_STATUS_EXECUTION_FAILED:
            {
              return "The GPU program failed to execute";
            }
          case CUSOLVER_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR:
            {
              return "An internal cuSolver operation failed";
            }
          case CUSOLVER_STATUS_MATRIX_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED:
            {
              return "The matrix type is not supported by this function";
            }
          default:
            {
              return "Unknown error";
            }
        }
    }
#endif
 
  } /*namespace internals*/
} /*namespace deal_II_exceptions*/
 
 
 
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