From 324ce9adecfc9af62f2a1e6d0fbcff61cb1b8a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Olesen <Mark.Olesen@esi-group.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 15:17:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] BUG: VTK write pointSet fails in parallel (fixes #2773)

- de-referenced autoPtr with () instead of ref() will fail on
  non-master ranks.
---
 src/meshTools/output/vtk/topoSet/foamVtkWritePointSet.C | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/meshTools/output/vtk/topoSet/foamVtkWritePointSet.C b/src/meshTools/output/vtk/topoSet/foamVtkWritePointSet.C
index 7dbfd062de..5393df0a32 100644
--- a/src/meshTools/output/vtk/topoSet/foamVtkWritePointSet.C
+++ b/src/meshTools/output/vtk/topoSet/foamVtkWritePointSet.C
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ bool Foam::vtk::writePointSet
 
     if (parallel)
     {
-        vtk::writeListParallel(format(), mesh.points(), pointLabels);
+        vtk::writeListParallel(format.ref(), mesh.points(), pointLabels);
     }
     else
     {