Support Functions

Intel MKL Support Functions
Function Name	Operation
Version Information Functions
mkl_get_version	Returns information about the active library version.
mkl_get_version_string	Returns information about the library version string.
Threading Control Functions
mkl_set_num_threads	Suggests the number of threads to use.
mkl_domain_set_num_threads	Suggests the number of threads for a particular function domain.
mkl_set_dynamic	Enables Intel MKL to dynamically change the number of threads.
mkl_get_max_threads	Inquires about the number of threads targeted for parallelism.
mkl_domain_get_max_threads	Inquires about the number of threads targeted for parallelism in different domains.
mkl_get_dynamic	Returns the current value of the MKL_DYNAMIC variable.
Error Handling Functions
xerbla	Handles error conditions for the BLAS, LAPACK, VSL, VML routines.
pxerbla	Handles error conditions for the ScaLAPACK routines.
Equality Test Functions
lsame	Tests two characters for equality regardless of the case.
lsamen	Tests two character strings for equality regardless of the case.
Timing Functions
second/dsecnd	Returns user time for a process.
mkl_get_cpu_clocks	Returns full precision elapsed CPU clocks.
mkl_get_cpu_frequency	Returns CPU frequency value in GHz.
mkl_get_max_cpu_frequency	Returns the maximum CPU frequency value in GHz.
mkl_get_clocks_frequency	Returns the frequency value in GHz based on constant-rate Time Stamp Counter.
Memory Functions
mkl_free_buffers	Frees memory buffers.
mkl_thread_free_buffers	Frees memory buffers allocated only in the current thread.
mkl_mem_stat	Reports an amount of memory utilized by Intel MKL memory management software.
mkl_disable_fast_mm	Enables Intel MKL to dynamically turn off memory management.
mkl_malloc	Allocates the aligned memory buffer.
mkl_free	Frees the aligned memory buffer allocated by MKL_malloc.
Miscellaneous Utility Functions
mkl_progress	Tracks computational progress of selective MKL routines.
mkl_enable_instructions	Allows Intel MKL to dispatch Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) if run on the respective hardware (or simulation).
Functions Supporting the Single Dynamic Library (SDL)
mkl_set_interface_layer	Sets the interface layer for Intel MKL at run time.
mkl_set_threading_layer	Sets the threading layer for Intel MKL at run time.
mkl_set_xerbla	Replaces the error handling routine. Use with SDL on Windows* OS.
mkl_set_progress	Replaces the progress information routine. Use with SDL on Windows* OS.