JuliaCI / JuliaCI/BaseBenchmarks.jl

`perf_laplace_sparse_matvec` doesn't seem to do any matvecs

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Description

https://github.com/JuliaCI/BaseBenchmarks.jl/blob/9306a2797514518052189bcb4a70fbc73cf3009e/src/problem/Laplacian.jl#L41-L51

It is just benchmarking the setup of the sparse matrix (effectively testing sparse matmat)

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Research direction

Open src/problem/Laplacian.jl at lines 41–51 and inspect how perf_laplace_sparse_matvec constructs and benchmarks the sparse matrix. Confirm the benchmark currently measures setup or sparse matrix-matrix work rather than matrix-vector multiplication. Done means the benchmark performs the intended sparse matvec operation.

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julia
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performance
Issue type
Bug
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2/5
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