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Moji
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 Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 2:54 pm Post subject: Calling Fortran functions in Matlab (64-bit) |
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Hi,
I have a Fortran DLL (compiled with FTN95 64-bit) and I want to call the exported function of this file in MATLAB (2019). I created a test case, but unfortunately it crashes every time as I call the Fortran function inside the MATLAB. The full description of the test case is described in this page. How can I overcome this issue or is there any available solution for calling Fortran functions in MATLAB (64-bit version)?
I should also mention that in the process that I tested, C++ is used to generate a DLL from Fortran DLL (Silverfrost FTN95 is not in the list of MATLAB supported compilers).
P.S.: I don't know whether it is relevant or not, but my operating system is Windows 10. |
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Moji
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| As it is mentioned in the link, a compatible compiler is required and Silverfrost FTN95 is not supported by MATLAB. |
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Robert
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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In your Stock Overflow post you say
| Quote: | | "i.e. it usually works at the beginning and the results are correct but after a while MATLAB crashes with/without an error message. " |
How long is 'after a while'? |
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Moji
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 10:30 am Post subject: |
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The time range is between 15 secondes and 2 minutes.
I also observed in task manager the process of MATLAB during this time. The main memory and CPU usage increase just as it starts to crash . Specially the main memory that is allocated to MATLAB rises from 600MB to 800MB. |
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Robert
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| In that time, how many timed would you have called the FTN95 compiled routine? |
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Moji
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:54 am Post subject: |
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The crash happens definitely, even if I call the routine only once. However, before it crashes I can call it as many times as possible and the results are shown and they are all correct.
Even unloading the dll doesn't prevent the crash. |
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Moji
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 6:51 am Post subject: |
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John, I am not sure whether you read the stack overflow page that I shared along with the problem statement or not. To overcome compiler issue, I used a C++ code, which is then compiled by Visual Studio 2015 (it is supported by MATLAB) to a DLL. This C++ code calls the FORTRAN routine from another DLL file (this DLL file is generated by Silverfrost FTN95 64-bit) and pass the value.
First, I tried to use static library of the FORTRAN routine in C++, but I didn't succeed, then I tried to call it from DLL file (as described above). I couldn't think of any other way to do that. |
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Robert
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | The crash happens definitely, even if I call the routine only once. However, before it crashes I can call it as many times as possible and the results are shown and they are all correct.
Even unloading the dll doesn't prevent the crash. |
I am still unclear what is happening. Is this the situation:
You can call the code you wrote using FTN95. It works and returns the correct answer. You can call it multiple times. At some point (and I am not sure how long in terms of calls to your FTN95 code this is) after a call to the code MATLAB increases its memory use and then crashes. |
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Moji
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:36 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | and I am not sure how long in terms of calls to your FTN95 code this is |
answer: after the first call
You got it almost right. Calling the FORTRAN routine is like activating a time bomb  that can not be canceled. Once the FORTRAN function is called, then MATLAB will crash for sure. But until this crash shows itself, MATLAB works fine. I mean, in meanwhile you can do other calculations or you can even call this FORTRAN function more times.
I had this feeling that the root of this crash is related to garbage collection, but I don't have knowledge in this regard. |
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