Re: [petsc-users] Ghost vector with MPIKOKKOS under DMSwarm

[MIGUEL MOLINOS PEREZ]

I don’t think so because DMSwarm data is allocated on host. This is right Matt?

Thanks,
Miguel

On Jan 19, 2026, at 5:44 PM, Junchao Zhang <junchao.zh...@gmail.com> wrote:

With VecCreateGhostWithArray, do you already have the array ready on device?

--Junchao Zhang


On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 6:56 AM MIGUEL MOLINOS PEREZ 
<mmoli...@us.es<mailto:mmoli...@us.es>> wrote:

Dear all,

I have a question about using DMSwarm data with Kokkos-enabled vectors.

My particle data (including ghost particles) are stored in a DMSwarm and for 
solver purposes I generate PETSc vectors using VecCreateGhostWithArray. I would 
like to use VecMPIKOKKOS for MPI+GPU computations. Am I correct that DMSwarm 
field memory cannot be directly wrapped into a VecMPIKOKKOS using 
VecCreateGhostWithArray or VecPlaceArray? Any idea on how to proceed?

Thanks in advance.

Best,

Miguel