Compiling NEURON 7.3 with clang

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shhong
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Compiling NEURON 7.3 with clang

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I tried to compile NEURON 7.3 via clang instead of gcc. While compiling iv was as straightforward as replacing gcc by clang, I came across with two errors in compiling NEURON.

1. xerrwv_ in src/scopmath/csoda.c is defined with 10 arguments but is called with 11. clang calls this an error while gcc (4.2) issues warnings. I could not find a way to make clang ignore this and so added an extra argument in the definition of xerrwv_.

2. In src/mesch/extras.c, function Mmv is called in a very strange way that the number and types of arguments are mismatched with the definition while gcc says nothing about it. I believe that this is a real bug in the old version of meschach, which is fixed in the most recent version (1.2b). So I just copied and pasted the relevant part.

With these two changes, clang nicely compiles NEURON 7.3 with the configuration as

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./configure --prefix=/Application/NEURON/nrn --with-iv=/Application/NEURON/iv --with-pic --with-nrnpython --with-paranrn --with-x --with-readline=/usr/local/opt/readline --with-pic CC='clang' CXX='clang++' CFLAGS='-O3 -Wno-return-type -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-implicit-int -fPIC' CXXFLAGS='-O3 -Wno-return-type -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-implicit-int -fPIC'
I haven't done extensive checks yet, but all the tool chains (nrnivmodl, nrnpython, etc) seem working.

PS:
Here is the diff, including a few other fixes from meschach 1.2b.

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diff -rupN ../nrn-7.3/src/mesch/extras.c ./src/mesch/extras.c
--- ../nrn-7.3/src/mesch/extras.c	2013-03-07 21:12:04.000000000 +0900
+++ ./src/mesch/extras.c	2013-05-24 03:25:31.000000000 +0900
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int	len;
 {
     int		i;
 
-    if ( from >= to )
+    if ( from < to )
     {
 	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ )
 	    *to++ = *from++;
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ int	Aj0, Bj0, Cj0;
 	    C[i][Cj0+j] += alpha*Mdot(p,&(A[i][Aj0]),&(B[j][Bj0]));
     ****************************************/
     for ( i = 0; i < m; i++ )
-	Mmv(n,p,alpha,&(A[i][Aj0]),B,Bj0,&(C[i][Cj0]));
+	Mmv(n,p,alpha,B,Bj0,&(A[i][Aj0]),1.0,&(C[i][Cj0]));
 }
 
 /* Mmtrmtr -- C <- C + alpha.A^T.B^T */
diff -rupN ../nrn-7.3/src/mesch/fft.c ./src/mesch/fft.c
--- ../nrn-7.3/src/mesch/fft.c	2013-03-07 21:12:04.000000000 +0900
+++ ./src/mesch/fft.c	2013-05-24 03:25:31.000000000 +0900
@@ -142,4 +142,5 @@ VEC	*x_re, *x_im;
     sv_mlt(-1.0,x_im,x_im);
     fft(x_re,x_im);
     sv_mlt(-1.0/((double)(x_re->dim)),x_im,x_im);
+    sv_mlt( 1.0/((double)(x_re->dim)),x_re,x_re);
 }
diff -rupN ../nrn-7.3/src/mesch/ivecop.c ./src/mesch/ivecop.c
--- ../nrn-7.3/src/mesch/ivecop.c	2013-03-07 21:12:04.000000000 +0900
+++ ./src/mesch/ivecop.c	2013-05-24 03:25:32.000000000 +0900
@@ -394,8 +394,9 @@ PERM	*order;
 	 {
 	    while ( x_ive[++i] < v )
 	      ;
-	    while ( x_ive[--j] > v )
-	      ;
+	    --j;
+	    while ( x_ive[j] > v && j != 0 )
+	      --j;
 	    if ( i >= j )	break;
 	    
 	    tmp = x_ive[i];
diff -rupN ../nrn-7.3/src/scopmath/csoda.c ./src/scopmath/csoda.c
--- ../nrn-7.3/src/scopmath/csoda.c	2013-03-07 21:12:04.000000000 +0900
+++ ./src/scopmath/csoda.c	2013-05-24 03:24:57.000000000 +0900
@@ -4842,11 +4842,12 @@ doublereal *v, *w;
  */
 } /* vmnorm_ */
 
-/* Subroutine */ int xerrwv_(msg, nmes, nerr, level, ni, i1, i2, nr, r1, r2)
+/* Subroutine */ int xerrwv_(msg, nmes, nerr, level, ni, i1, i2, nr, r1, r2, d)
 integer *msg, *nmes;
 integer *nerr;
 integer *level, *ni, *i1, *i2, *nr;
 doublereal *r1, *r2;
+integer d;
 {
     /* Initialized data */
 
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Re: Compiling NEURON 7.3 with clang

Post by hines »

Thanks very much! I've pushed those changes to the 'Release 7.3' branch.
http://www.neuron.yale.edu/hg/neuron/nr ... 395684eaaa
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