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+/**
+ * This version is stamped on May 10, 2016
+ *
+ * Contact:
+ * Louis-Noel Pouchet <pouchet.ohio-state.edu>
+ * Tomofumi Yuki <tomofumi.yuki.fr>
+ *
+ * Web address: http://polybench.sourceforge.net
+ */
+/* symm.c: this file is part of PolyBench/C */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+/* Include polybench common header. */
+#include <polybench.h>
+
+/* Include benchmark-specific header. */
+#include "symm.h"
+
+
+/* Array initialization. */
+static
+void init_array(int m, int n,
+ DATA_TYPE *alpha,
+ DATA_TYPE *beta,
+ DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_2D(C,M,N,m,n),
+ DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_2D(A,M,M,m,m),
+ DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_2D(B,M,N,m,n))
+{
+ int i, j;
+
+ *alpha = 1.5;
+ *beta = 1.2;
+ for (i = 0; i < m; i++)
+ for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+ C[i][j] = (DATA_TYPE) ((i+j) % 100) / m;
+ B[i][j] = (DATA_TYPE) ((n+i-j) % 100) / m;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < m; i++) {
+ for (j = 0; j <=i; j++)
+ A[i][j] = (DATA_TYPE) ((i+j) % 100) / m;
+ for (j = i+1; j < m; j++)
+ A[i][j] = -999; //regions of arrays that should not be used
+ }
+}
+
+
+/* DCE code. Must scan the entire live-out data.
+ Can be used also to check the correctness of the output. */
+static
+void print_array(int m, int n,
+ DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_2D(C,M,N,m,n))
+{
+ int i, j;
+
+ POLYBENCH_DUMP_START;
+ POLYBENCH_DUMP_BEGIN("C");
+ for (i = 0; i < m; i++)
+ for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+ if ((i * m + j) % 20 == 0) fprintf (POLYBENCH_DUMP_TARGET, "\n");
+ fprintf (POLYBENCH_DUMP_TARGET, DATA_PRINTF_MODIFIER, C[i][j]);
+ }
+ POLYBENCH_DUMP_END("C");
+ POLYBENCH_DUMP_FINISH;
+}
+
+
+/* Main computational kernel. The whole function will be timed,
+ including the call and return. */
+static
+void kernel_symm(int m, int n,
+ DATA_TYPE alpha,
+ DATA_TYPE beta,
+ DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_2D(C,M,N,m,n),
+ DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_2D(A,M,M,m,m),
+ DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_2D(B,M,N,m,n))
+{
+ int i, j, k;
+ DATA_TYPE temp2;
+
+//BLAS PARAMS
+//SIDE = 'L'
+//UPLO = 'L'
+// => Form C := alpha*A*B + beta*C
+// A is MxM
+// B is MxN
+// C is MxN
+//note that due to Fortran array layout, the code below more closely resembles upper triangular case in BLAS
+#pragma scop
+ for (i = 0; i < _PB_M; i++)
+ for (j = 0; j < _PB_N; j++ )
+ {
+ temp2 = 0;
+ for (k = 0; k < i; k++) {
+ C[k][j] += alpha*B[i][j] * A[i][k];
+ temp2 += B[k][j] * A[i][k];
+ }
+ C[i][j] = beta * C[i][j] + alpha*B[i][j] * A[i][i] + alpha * temp2;
+ }
+#pragma endscop
+
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ /* Retrieve problem size. */
+ int m = M;
+ int n = N;
+
+ /* Variable declaration/allocation. */
+ DATA_TYPE alpha;
+ DATA_TYPE beta;
+ POLYBENCH_2D_ARRAY_DECL(C,DATA_TYPE,M,N,m,n);
+ POLYBENCH_2D_ARRAY_DECL(A,DATA_TYPE,M,M,m,m);
+ POLYBENCH_2D_ARRAY_DECL(B,DATA_TYPE,M,N,m,n);
+
+ /* Initialize array(s). */
+ init_array (m, n, &alpha, &beta,
+ POLYBENCH_ARRAY(C),
+ POLYBENCH_ARRAY(A),
+ POLYBENCH_ARRAY(B));
+
+ /* Start timer. */
+ polybench_start_instruments;
+
+ /* Run kernel. */
+ kernel_symm (m, n,
+ alpha, beta,
+ POLYBENCH_ARRAY(C),
+ POLYBENCH_ARRAY(A),
+ POLYBENCH_ARRAY(B));
+
+ /* Stop and print timer. */
+ polybench_stop_instruments;
+ polybench_print_instruments;
+
+ /* Prevent dead-code elimination. All live-out data must be printed
+ by the function call in argument. */
+ polybench_prevent_dce(print_array(m, n, POLYBENCH_ARRAY(C)));
+
+ /* Be clean. */
+ POLYBENCH_FREE_ARRAY(C);
+ POLYBENCH_FREE_ARRAY(A);
+ POLYBENCH_FREE_ARRAY(B);
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/codes/symm/symm.h b/codes/symm/symm.h
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+/**
+ * This version is stamped on May 10, 2016
+ *
+ * Contact:
+ * Louis-Noel Pouchet <pouchet.ohio-state.edu>
+ * Tomofumi Yuki <tomofumi.yuki.fr>
+ *
+ * Web address: http://polybench.sourceforge.net
+ */
+#ifndef _SYMM_H
+# define _SYMM_H
+
+/* Default to LARGE_DATASET. */
+# if !defined(MINI_DATASET) && !defined(SMALL_DATASET) && !defined(MEDIUM_DATASET) && !defined(LARGE_DATASET) && !defined(EXTRALARGE_DATASET)
+# define LARGE_DATASET
+# endif
+
+# if !defined(M) && !defined(N)
+/* Define sample dataset sizes. */
+# ifdef MINI_DATASET
+# define M 20
+# define N 30
+# endif
+
+# ifdef SMALL_DATASET
+# define M 60
+# define N 80
+# endif
+
+# ifdef MEDIUM_DATASET
+# define M 200
+# define N 240
+# endif
+
+# ifdef LARGE_DATASET
+# define M 1000
+# define N 1200
+# endif
+
+# ifdef EXTRALARGE_DATASET
+# define M 2000
+# define N 2600
+# endif
+
+
+#endif /* !(M N) */
+
+# define _PB_M POLYBENCH_LOOP_BOUND(M,m)
+# define _PB_N POLYBENCH_LOOP_BOUND(N,n)
+
+
+/* Default data type */
+# if !defined(DATA_TYPE_IS_INT) && !defined(DATA_TYPE_IS_FLOAT) && !defined(DATA_TYPE_IS_DOUBLE)
+# define DATA_TYPE_IS_DOUBLE
+# endif
+
+#ifdef DATA_TYPE_IS_INT
+# define DATA_TYPE int
+# define DATA_PRINTF_MODIFIER "%d "
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DATA_TYPE_IS_FLOAT
+# define DATA_TYPE float
+# define DATA_PRINTF_MODIFIER "%0.2f "
+# define SCALAR_VAL(x) x##f
+# define SQRT_FUN(x) sqrtf(x)
+# define EXP_FUN(x) expf(x)
+# define POW_FUN(x,y) powf(x,y)
+# endif
+
+#ifdef DATA_TYPE_IS_DOUBLE
+# define DATA_TYPE double
+# define DATA_PRINTF_MODIFIER "%0.2lf "
+# define SCALAR_VAL(x) x
+# define SQRT_FUN(x) sqrt(x)
+# define EXP_FUN(x) exp(x)
+# define POW_FUN(x,y) pow(x,y)
+# endif
+
+#endif /* !_SYMM_H */