MKL_malloc vs _aligned_malloc

[Trifon]

Arethere any benefits to using MKL_malloc instead of _aligned_malloc ?

Does MKL_malloc link to _aligned_malloc internally?

DoesMKL_malloc do anything more than _aligned_malloc?

Thanks

[Vladimir_Lunev]

Hi Trifon,

MKL_Malloc hasn't benefits against _aligned_malloc and doesn't use _aligned_malloc internally.
MKL_Malloc provides the aligned memory on all supported operating systems - Windows/Linux/MAC OS.
So you can use MKL_Malloc as platform-undependent function to get the aligned memory.

-Vladimir

[Trifon]

Vladimir,

Thanks a lotfor clarifying this.