[petsc-dev] MKL memory leaks

[Jed Brown]

Stefano Zampini <s.zampini at cineca.it> writes:

> I noticed that recent versions of MKL produce memory leaks if the memory
> management functions are not properly called at the end of the program.
>
> http://software.intel.com/en-us/node/438664
>
> Do we need to add those calls in PetscFinalize or it is user responsibility?

Hmm, looks like the user could run with MKL_DISABLE_FAST_MM=1.  Maybe we
should call mkl_disable_fast_mm() when running in debug mode.  I don't
know if calling mkl_free_buffers has an impact on other running parts of
a program (if the user is calling MKL independent of PETSc).
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