!                Parallel Sparse BLAS   GPU plugin 
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!                         Salvatore Filippone
!                         Alessandro Fanfarillo
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subroutine psb_c_ell_mold(a,b,info) 
  
  use psb_base_mod
  use psb_c_ell_mat_mod, psb_protect_name => psb_c_ell_mold
  implicit none 
  class(psb_c_ell_sparse_mat), intent(in)                  :: a
  class(psb_c_base_sparse_mat), intent(inout), allocatable :: b
  integer(psb_ipk_), intent(out)                    :: info
  Integer(Psb_ipk_)  :: err_act
  character(len=20)  :: name='ell_mold'
  logical, parameter :: debug=.false.

  call psb_get_erraction(err_act)
  info = 0 
  if (allocated(b)) then 
    call b%free()
    deallocate(b,stat=info)
  end if
  if (info == 0) allocate(psb_c_ell_sparse_mat :: b, stat=info)

  if (info /= psb_success_) then 
    info = psb_err_alloc_dealloc_ 
    call psb_errpush(info, name)
    goto 9999
  end if
  return

9999 call psb_error_handler(err_act)
  return

end subroutine psb_c_ell_mold