Recently I am using Umfpack with Intel MKL BLAS. To link the library to a program one has to link mkl_rt.lib / mkl_rt.so. However there is no word which version: sequential or parallel of library is linked.
Anyone could help? Thanks in advance.
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$\begingroup$ What was the precise link command? $\endgroup$ – Jeff Hammond Sep 14 '15 at 0:23
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I believe that MKL has the threaded parallel and serial functions in one unified library. You can try setting OMP_NUM_THREADS or MKL_NUM_THREADS to a range of values and see how the performance varies. Setting either to 1 will give you the serial behavior.
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$\begingroup$ I should add, that you probably have to pick ONE of these to set to 1 and leave the other unset. IF MKL_NUM_THREADS=m and OMP_NUM_THREADS=n, I don't know which you get. Read the manual to be sure. $\endgroup$ – Bill Barth Aug 12 '13 at 15:37
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There is some good information here:
https://software.intel.com/en-us/mkl-linux-developer-guide-calling-intel-mkl-functions-from-multi-threaded-applications
- set MKL_NUM_THREADS=n
- call mkl_set_num_threads(n)
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Use the MKL link line advisor to determine what library that corresponds to.
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-mkl-link-line-advisor
If you choose "Single Dynamic Library", it uses "mkl_rt.lib" and it looks like threading is active.
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The results of these two versions should be the same. It's up to you to decide whether you want to utilize multiple cores or not.
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$\begingroup$ My question is: If there's only one lib file for linking, how do I know if my program uses parallel or sequential functions? Or: how can I use parallel or sequential when I need one. $\endgroup$ – Misery Aug 9 '13 at 9:51
