Ensure neighbor list is large enough on first step

platforms/cuda/include/CudaNonbondedUtilities.h

@@ -142,8 +142,10 @@ public:
     void computeInteractions(int forceGroups);
     /**
      * Check to see if the neighbor list arrays are large enough, and make them bigger if necessary.
+     *
+     * @return true if the neighbor list needed to be enlarged.
      */
-    void updateNeighborListSize();
+    bool updateNeighborListSize();
     /**
      * Get the array containing the center of each atom block.
      */

platforms/cuda/src/CudaNonbondedUtilities.cpp

@@ -375,11 +375,16 @@ void CudaNonbondedUtilities::prepareInteractions(int forceGroups) {
 
     if (lastCutoff != kernels.cutoffDistance)
         forceRebuildNeighborList = true;
+    bool rebuild = false;
+    do {
         context.executeKernel(kernels.findBlockBoundsKernel, &findBlockBoundsArgs[0], context.getNumAtoms());
         blockSorter->sort(*sortedBlocks);
         context.executeKernel(kernels.sortBoxDataKernel, &sortBoxDataArgs[0], context.getNumAtoms());
         context.executeKernel(kernels.findInteractingBlocksKernel, &findInteractingBlocksArgs[0], context.getNumAtoms(), 256);
         forceRebuildNeighborList = false;
+        if (context.getComputeForceCount() == 1)
+            rebuild = updateNeighborListSize(); // This is the first time step, so check whether our initial guess was large enough.
+    } while(rebuild);
     lastCutoff = kernels.cutoffDistance;
 }
 
@@ -389,18 +394,16 @@ void CudaNonbondedUtilities::computeInteractions(int forceGroups) {
     KernelSet& kernels = groupKernels[forceGroups];
     if (kernels.hasForces) {
         context.executeKernel(kernels.forceKernel, &forceArgs[0], numForceThreadBlocks*forceThreadBlockSize, forceThreadBlockSize);
-        if (context.getComputeForceCount() == 1)
-            updateNeighborListSize(); // This is the first time step, so check whether our initial guess was large enough.
     }
 }
 
-void CudaNonbondedUtilities::updateNeighborListSize() {
+bool CudaNonbondedUtilities::updateNeighborListSize() {
     if (!useCutoff)
-        return;
+        return false;
     unsigned int* pinnedInteractionCount = (unsigned int*) context.getPinnedBuffer();
     interactionCount->download(pinnedInteractionCount);
     if (pinnedInteractionCount[0] <= (unsigned int) maxTiles)
-        return;
+        return false;
 
     // The most recent timestep had too many interactions to fit in the arrays.  Make the arrays bigger to prevent
     // this from happening in the future.
@@ -422,6 +425,7 @@ void CudaNonbondedUtilities::updateNeighborListSize() {
         forceArgs[17] = &interactingAtoms->getDevicePointer();
     findInteractingBlocksArgs[7] = &interactingAtoms->getDevicePointer();
     forceRebuildNeighborList = true;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void CudaNonbondedUtilities::setUsePadding(bool padding) {

platforms/opencl/include/OpenCLNonbondedUtilities.h

@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@ public:
     void computeInteractions(int forceGroups);
     /**
      * Check to see if the neighbor list arrays are large enough, and make them bigger if necessary.
+     *
+     * @return true if the neighbor list needed to be enlarged.
      */
-    void updateNeighborListSize();
+    bool updateNeighborListSize();
     /**
      * Get the array containing the center of each atom block.
      */

platforms/opencl/src/OpenCLNonbondedUtilities.cpp

@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ void OpenCLNonbondedUtilities::prepareInteractions(int forceGroups) {
 
     if (lastCutoff != kernels.cutoffDistance)
         forceRebuildNeighborList = true;
+    bool rebuild = false;
+    do {
         setPeriodicBoxArgs(context, kernels.findBlockBoundsKernel, 1);
         context.executeKernel(kernels.findBlockBoundsKernel, context.getNumAtoms());
         blockSorter->sort(*sortedBlocks);
@@ -349,6 +351,9 @@ void OpenCLNonbondedUtilities::prepareInteractions(int forceGroups) {
         setPeriodicBoxArgs(context, kernels.findInteractingBlocksKernel, 0);
         context.executeKernel(kernels.findInteractingBlocksKernel, context.getNumAtoms(), interactingBlocksThreadBlockSize);
         forceRebuildNeighborList = false;
+        if (context.getComputeForceCount() == 1)
+            rebuild = updateNeighborListSize(); // This is the first time step, so check whether our initial guess was large enough.
+    } while (rebuild);
     lastCutoff = kernels.cutoffDistance;
 }
 
@@ -360,18 +365,16 @@ void OpenCLNonbondedUtilities::computeInteractions(int forceGroups) {
         if (useCutoff)
             setPeriodicBoxArgs(context, kernels.forceKernel, 9);
         context.executeKernel(kernels.forceKernel, numForceThreadBlocks*forceThreadBlockSize, forceThreadBlockSize);
-        if (context.getComputeForceCount() == 1)
-            updateNeighborListSize(); // This is the first time step, so check whether our initial guess was large enough.
     }
 }
 
-void OpenCLNonbondedUtilities::updateNeighborListSize() {
+bool OpenCLNonbondedUtilities::updateNeighborListSize() {
     if (!useCutoff)
-        return;
+        return false;
     unsigned int* pinnedInteractionCount = (unsigned int*) context.getPinnedBuffer();
     interactionCount->download(pinnedInteractionCount);
     if (pinnedInteractionCount[0] <= (unsigned int) interactingTiles->getSize())
-        return;
+        return false;
 
     // The most recent timestep had too many interactions to fit in the arrays.  Make the arrays bigger to prevent
     // this from happening in the future.
@@ -395,6 +398,7 @@ void OpenCLNonbondedUtilities::updateNeighborListSize() {
         iter->second.findInteractingBlocksKernel.setArg<cl_uint>(9, maxTiles);
     }
     forceRebuildNeighborList = true;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void OpenCLNonbondedUtilities::setUsePadding(bool padding) {