bugfix for ldiv!(D::Diagonal, B::StridedVecOrMat) and tests (#32104)

(cherry picked from commit 85603e1)
JuliaLang · Feb 20, 2020 · 90caa80 · 90caa80
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diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/diagonal.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/diagonal.jl
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ function ldiv!(D::Diagonal, B::StridedVecOrMat)
             if di == 0
                 throw(SingularException(i))
             end
-            B[i,j] /= di
+            B[i,j] = di \ B[i,j]
         end
     end
     return B

diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/diagonal.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/diagonal.jl
@@ -414,6 +414,15 @@ end
     @test sqrt(D) == Diagonal([sqrt([1 2; 3 4]), sqrt([1 2; 3 4])])
 end
 
+@testset "linear solve for block diagonal matrices" begin
+    D = Diagonal([rand(2,2) for _ in 1:5])
+    b = [rand(2,2) for _ in 1:5]
+    B = [rand(2,2) for _ in 1:5, _ in 1:5]
+    @test ldiv!(D, copy(b)) ≈ Diagonal(inv.(D.diag)) * b
+    @test ldiv!(D, copy(B)) ≈ Diagonal(inv.(D.diag)) * B
+    @test rdiv!(copy(B), D) ≈ B * Diagonal(inv.(D.diag))
+end
+
 @testset "multiplication with Symmetric/Hermitian" begin
     for T in (Float64, ComplexF64)
         D = Diagonal(randn(T, n))