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Memory Leak when Using Intel® MKL
The article show several memory leak issues when using Intel MKL and gives some solutions.
Type: Known Issues
memory leak mkl crash Invalid read of size 02/15/2012
VML and VSL functions in Intel MKL 10.2 may crash on new processors with old operating systems
Vector math functions (VML) and Basic Random Number Generators (VSL) functions crash or hang when run on CPU types supporting Intel® AVX instructions, but with Operation Systems that do not supported Intel® AVX instructions.
Type: Known Issues
Intel(R) AVX 11/18/2011
Issues with use of F77 headers in Intel MKL 10.3.7
User's of the F77 headers in Intel MKL 10.3.7 may experience "Unresolved external symbols" errors when linking with the CVF default interface (mkl_intel_s*) libraries on Windows*
Type: Known Issues
11/07/2011
Intel® MKL 10.3 Bug Fixes
This article contains the list of Intel MKL issues fixed in version 10.3 and updates
Type: Known Issues
MKL 10.3 bug fixes mkl bug fixes 10/26/2011
Build CP2K using Intel Fortran compiler Professional Edition
This article show how to build CP2K for Intel64 platform, using Intel® Fortran Compiler Professional Edition version 11.0 / 11.1 or Intel® Fortran Composer XE 2011, and Intel® Math Kernel Library (MKL) with FFTW 3.x support
Type: Known Issues
MKL fftw CP2K intel fortran composer XE 2011 ifort 11.0 11.1 12.0 12.1 09/19/2011
The Intel® MKL 10.3.3 LAPACK functions fail irregularly on Fedora Core 13/RHEL 6
The LAPACK functions in Intel® MKL 10.3.3 version fail with Segmentation fault irregularly when linked with libmkl_rt.* on Intel® Sandy Bridge Processors with Fedora Core 13 or RHEL 6. The wrokarouds are provided in this article.
Type: Known Issues
LAPACK fails on Fedora 13 03/10/2011
*TRMV bug for large problems in threaded operation
The BLAS level 2 functions which perform the product of a triangular matrix and a vector provides incorrect results when run in threaded mode on matrices with dimension 3000 or larger and on processors with the Nehalem microarchitecture and later
Type: Known Issues
intel mkl DTRMV intel mkl bugs 02/23/2011
Version of Intel(R) MKL compatible with /SAFESEH
Version of Intel(R) MKL is compatible with /SAFESEH since the version of the Intel MKL 10.3. Update2
Type: Known Issues
Intel(R) MKL /SAFESEH 01/31/2011
How to select different update of Intel® Composer XE 2011 for Linux* and Mac OS* X
The script compilervars.sh [.csh] under /bin of an older compiler will always set the environment for the latest compiler installed on a Linux or Mac OS X system having multiple updates of Intel® Composer XE 2011 installed
Type: Known Issues
update ClosedSWDefect 12/13/2010
MKL CFFT examples fail with MPICH2 on Windows* Itanium machine
CFFT examples in Intel MKL fail with MPICH2 on Windows Itanium machine. The route cause for this problem is that MPICH2 (mpiexec.exe) does not process values of environment variables (e.g. PATH) longer than 260 characters (MAX_PATH defined in windef.h).
Type: Known Issues
12/09/2010
VML routines show noticeable decrease in performance in case of multi-threading.
Reference Number : DPD200198891Version : Intel(R) MKL v.10.3Product : Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL)Operating System : Windows, Linux and MAC OS* XProblem Description : VML functio ...
Type: Known Issues
11/23/2010
Building MPICH1 with GNU Fortran
Special steps for building MPICH1 with GNU Fortran
Type: Known Issues
MPICH1 gfortran 11/08/2010
Information about the FTC Decision and Order on the Intel® Compilers Reimbursement Fund
Info on where to go for the FTC Compiler Reimbursement Fund.
Type: Known Issues
11/02/2010
MKL performance degradation on SGI ALtix UV system with Nehalem EX processor
MKL performance degradation on SGI ALtix UV system with Nechalem-EX processor
Type: Known Issues
Intel(R) MKL SGI Altix 10/25/2010
Dynamic MKL OOC PARDISO cannot solve large problem on Win64 bit OS.
Reference Number : DPD200193362Version : 10.2 Update 6, 10.3 beta 2Product : Intel(R) Math Kernel LibaryOperating System : Windows, 64 bitsProblem Description : During solution of pretty big tasks ...
Type: Known Issues
pardiso Intel MKL(R) Dynamic linking PARDISO OOC 10/05/2010
Intel® MKL 10.2 Fixes List
This article contains the list of Intel MKL issues fixed in version 10.2 and updates
Type: Known Issues
bug fix list 08/31/2010
dgelsd returns the error when is running on AMD processor
dgelsd returns the error message when it is running on AMD processor(model name : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 250)
Type: Known Issues
Intel(R) MKL DLASCL dgelsd Opteron 07/26/2010
fmod (math.h) returns a garbage number if it's called right after some Lapack's routines.
Lapack (dsyevr, zheevr) routines, fmod, MKL, VC2008
Type: Known Issues
fmod error 06/01/2010
Intel® MKL may stall on systems with 32 cores or more
Reference Number: DPD200091604Versions: Intel® MKL version 10.0 Update 3 - 10.2 Update 4Product: Intel® Math Kernel Library for Windows*Operating System: All supported Microsoft Windows* operating syst ...
Type: Known Issues
mkl stalls on more than 32 cores 05/03/2010
ZGESV returns the wrong result on Mac LP64 NHM system if MKL is linked statically.
ZGESV returns the wrong result on Mac LP64 NHM system if MKL is linked statically.
Type: Known Issues
LP64 NHM ZGESV 04/16/2010
Complex Type Convolution/Correlation are Supported
Linear convolution and correlation transformations are provided in MKL VSL since 10.1.
Type: Known Issues
convolution VSL correlation transform vslsconv ESLL 03/07/2010
Using Intel® MKL in Intel® Compiler - mkl, Qmkl options
-mkl, Qmkl was introduced in Intel Compiler 11.1. This article demonstrates how to use it when using Intel® C++ or Fortran Compiler to build Intel® MKL application.
Type: Known Issues
-mkl Qmkl Linking MKL 03/01/2010
PARDISO: incorrect behavior in deciding whether to use in-Core or out-of-core (OOC)
PARDISO reports the following message: “=== PARDISO is running in Out-Of-Core mode, because iparam(60)=1 and there is not enough RAM for In-Core ===”.
Type: Known Issues
pardiso in-core out-of-core hybrid mode 02/28/2010
Known Limitations in Intel® MKL 10.2
This article contains a list of known limitations to the Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) 10.2 and updates.
Type: Known Issues
02/01/2010
Compatibility of Dynamic Libraries in Intel® MKL
Applications linked to versions of Intel MKL before 10.2 may not be compatible with DLLs from other versions of Intel MKL
Type: Known Issues
Known issue in MKL dynamic linkage 02/01/2010