move BLAS utils into BLAS module

base/deprecated.jl

@@ -1254,6 +1254,8 @@ end
 
 @deprecate showcompact_lim show
 
+@deprecate blas_set_num_threads BLAS.set_num_threads
+
 # During the 0.5 development cycle, do not add any deprecations below this line
 # To be deprecated in 0.6
 

base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl

@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ expand
 [`gemm!`](:func:`Base.LinAlg.BLAS.gemm!`). By default, if no arguments are specified, it
 multiplies a matrix of size `n x n`, where `n = 2000`. If the underlying BLAS is using
 multiple threads, higher flop rates are realized. The number of BLAS threads can be set with
-`blas_set_num_threads(n)`.
+`BLAS.set_num_threads(n)`.
 
 If the keyword argument `parallel` is set to `true`, `peakflops` is run in parallel on all
 the worker processors. The flop rate of the entire parallel computer is returned. When

base/exports.jl

@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ export
 # linear algebra
     bkfact!,
     bkfact,
-    blas_set_num_threads,
     blkdiag,
     chol,
     cholfact!,

base/interactiveutil.jl

@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ function versioninfo(io::IO=STDOUT, verbose::Bool=false)
         Sys.cpu_summary(io)
         println(io          )
     end
-    if Base.libblas_name == "libopenblas" || blas_vendor() == :openblas || blas_vendor() == :openblas64
-        openblas_config = openblas_get_config()
+    if Base.libblas_name == "libopenblas" || BLAS.vendor() == :openblas || BLAS.vendor() == :openblas64
+        openblas_config = BLAS.openblas_get_config()
         println(io,         "  BLAS: libopenblas (", openblas_config, ")")
     else
         println(io,         "  BLAS: ",libblas_name)

base/linalg.jl

@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ include("linalg/arnoldi.jl")
 
 function __init__()
     try
-        Base.check_blas()
-        if Base.blas_vendor() == :mkl
+        BLAS.check()
+        if BLAS.vendor() == :mkl
             ccall((:MKL_Set_Interface_Layer, Base.libblas_name), Void, (Cint,), USE_BLAS64 ? 1 : 0)
         end
     catch ex

base/linalg/blas.jl

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module BLAS
 
-import Base: copy!, @blasfunc
+import Base: copy!
 import Base.LinAlg: axpy!, dot
 
 export
@@ -59,12 +59,99 @@ const liblapack = Base.liblapack_name
 
 import ..LinAlg: BlasReal, BlasComplex, BlasFloat, BlasInt, DimensionMismatch, checksquare, axpy!
 
+# utility routines
+function vendor()
+    try
+        cglobal((:openblas_set_num_threads, Base.libblas_name), Void)
+        return :openblas
+    end
+    try
+        cglobal((:openblas_set_num_threads64_, Base.libblas_name), Void)
+        return :openblas64
+    end
+    try
+        cglobal((:MKL_Set_Num_Threads, Base.libblas_name), Void)
+        return :mkl
+    end
+    return :unknown
+end
+
+if vendor() == :openblas64
+    macro blasfunc(x)
+        return Expr(:quote, Symbol(x, "64_"))
+    end
+    openblas_get_config() = strip(String( ccall((:openblas_get_config64_, Base.libblas_name), Ptr{UInt8}, () )))
+else
+    macro blasfunc(x)
+        return Expr(:quote, x)
+    end
+    openblas_get_config() = strip(String( ccall((:openblas_get_config, Base.libblas_name), Ptr{UInt8}, () )))
+end
+
 """
-    blas_set_num_threads(n)
+    set_num_threads(n)
 
 Set the number of threads the BLAS library should use.
 """
-blas_set_num_threads
+function set_num_threads(n::Integer)
+    blas = vendor()
+    if blas == :openblas
+        return ccall((:openblas_set_num_threads, Base.libblas_name), Void, (Int32,), n)
+    elseif blas == :openblas64
+        return ccall((:openblas_set_num_threads64_, Base.libblas_name), Void, (Int32,), n)
+    elseif blas == :mkl
+        # MKL may let us set the number of threads in several ways
+        return ccall((:MKL_Set_Num_Threads, Base.libblas_name), Void, (Cint,), n)
+    end
+
+    # OSX BLAS looks at an environment variable
+    @static if is_apple()
+        ENV["VECLIB_MAXIMUM_THREADS"] = n
+    end
+
+    return nothing
+end
+
+function check()
+    blas = vendor()
+    if blas == :openblas || blas == :openblas64
+        openblas_config = openblas_get_config()
+        openblas64 = ismatch(r".*USE64BITINT.*", openblas_config)
+        if Base.USE_BLAS64 != openblas64
+            if !openblas64
+                println("ERROR: OpenBLAS was not built with 64bit integer support.")
+                println("You're seeing this error because Julia was built with USE_BLAS64=1")
+                println("Please rebuild Julia with USE_BLAS64=0")
+            else
+                println("ERROR: Julia was not built with support for OpenBLAS with 64bit integer support")
+                println("You're seeing this error because Julia was built with USE_BLAS64=0")
+                println("Please rebuild Julia with USE_BLAS64=1")
+            end
+            println("Quitting.")
+            quit()
+        end
+    elseif blas == :mkl
+        if Base.USE_BLAS64
+            ENV["MKL_INTERFACE_LAYER"] = "ILP64"
+        end
+    end
+
+    #
+    # Check if BlasInt is the expected bitsize, by triggering an error
+    #
+    (_, info) = LinAlg.LAPACK.potrf!('U', [1.0 0.0; 0.0 -1.0])
+    if info != 2 # mangled info code
+        if info == 2^33
+            error("""BLAS and LAPACK are compiled with 32-bit integer support, but Julia expects 64-bit integers. Please build Julia with USE_BLAS64=0.""")
+        elseif info == 0
+            error("""BLAS and LAPACK are compiled with 64-bit integer support but Julia expects 32-bit integers. Please build Julia with USE_BLAS64=1.""")
+        else
+            error("""The LAPACK library produced an undefined error code. Please verify the installation of BLAS and LAPACK.""")
+        end
+    end
+
+end
+
 
 # Level 1
 ## copy

base/linalg/lapack.jl

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module LAPACK
 
 const liblapack = Base.liblapack_name
 
-import Base.@blasfunc
+import ..LinAlg.BLAS.@blasfunc
 
 import ..LinAlg: BlasFloat, Char, BlasInt, LAPACKException,
     DimensionMismatch, SingularException, PosDefException, chkstride1, checksquare

base/multi.jl

@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ function handle_msg(msg::JoinCompleteMsg, r_stream, w_stream, version)
 end
 
 function disable_threaded_libs()
-    blas_set_num_threads(1)
+    BLAS.set_num_threads(1)
 end
 
 worker_timeout() = parse(Float64, get(ENV, "JULIA_WORKER_TIMEOUT", "60.0"))

base/util.jl

@@ -214,94 +214,6 @@ macro timed(ex)
     end
 end
 
-# BLAS utility routines
-function blas_vendor()
-    try
-        cglobal((:openblas_set_num_threads, Base.libblas_name), Void)
-        return :openblas
-    end
-    try
-        cglobal((:openblas_set_num_threads64_, Base.libblas_name), Void)
-        return :openblas64
-    end
-    try
-        cglobal((:MKL_Set_Num_Threads, Base.libblas_name), Void)
-        return :mkl
-    end
-    return :unknown
-end
-
-if blas_vendor() == :openblas64
-    macro blasfunc(x)
-        return Expr(:quote, Symbol(x, "64_"))
-    end
-    openblas_get_config() = strip(String( ccall((:openblas_get_config64_, Base.libblas_name), Ptr{UInt8}, () )))
-else
-    macro blasfunc(x)
-        return Expr(:quote, x)
-    end
-    openblas_get_config() = strip(String( ccall((:openblas_get_config, Base.libblas_name), Ptr{UInt8}, () )))
-end
-
-function blas_set_num_threads(n::Integer)
-    blas = blas_vendor()
-    if blas == :openblas
-        return ccall((:openblas_set_num_threads, Base.libblas_name), Void, (Int32,), n)
-    elseif blas == :openblas64
-        return ccall((:openblas_set_num_threads64_, Base.libblas_name), Void, (Int32,), n)
-    elseif blas == :mkl
-        # MKL may let us set the number of threads in several ways
-        return ccall((:MKL_Set_Num_Threads, Base.libblas_name), Void, (Cint,), n)
-    end
-
-    # OSX BLAS looks at an environment variable
-    @static if is_apple()
-        ENV["VECLIB_MAXIMUM_THREADS"] = n
-    end
-
-    return nothing
-end
-
-function check_blas()
-    blas = blas_vendor()
-    if blas == :openblas || blas == :openblas64
-        openblas_config = openblas_get_config()
-        openblas64 = ismatch(r".*USE64BITINT.*", openblas_config)
-        if Base.USE_BLAS64 != openblas64
-            if !openblas64
-                println("ERROR: OpenBLAS was not built with 64bit integer support.")
-                println("You're seeing this error because Julia was built with USE_BLAS64=1")
-                println("Please rebuild Julia with USE_BLAS64=0")
-            else
-                println("ERROR: Julia was not built with support for OpenBLAS with 64bit integer support")
-                println("You're seeing this error because Julia was built with USE_BLAS64=0")
-                println("Please rebuild Julia with USE_BLAS64=1")
-            end
-            println("Quitting.")
-            quit()
-        end
-    elseif blas == :mkl
-        if Base.USE_BLAS64
-            ENV["MKL_INTERFACE_LAYER"] = "ILP64"
-        end
-    end
-
-    #
-    # Check if BlasInt is the expected bitsize, by triggering an error
-    #
-    (_, info) = LinAlg.LAPACK.potrf!('U', [1.0 0.0; 0.0 -1.0])
-    if info != 2 # mangled info code
-        if info == 2^33
-            error("""BLAS and LAPACK are compiled with 32-bit integer support, but Julia expects 64-bit integers. Please build Julia with USE_BLAS64=0.""")
-        elseif info == 0
-            error("""BLAS and LAPACK are compiled with 64-bit integer support but Julia expects 32-bit integers. Please build Julia with USE_BLAS64=1.""")
-        else
-            error("""The LAPACK library produced an undefined error code. Please verify the installation of BLAS and LAPACK.""")
-        end
-    end
-
-end
-
 function fftw_vendor()
     if Base.libfftw_name == "libmkl_rt"
         return :mkl

contrib/BBEditTextWrangler-julia.plist

@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@
             <string>bitunpack</string>
             <string>bkfact!</string>
             <string>bkfact</string>
-            <string>blas_set_num_threads</string>
             <string>blkdiag</string>
             <string>bool</string>
             <string>break</string>

doc/stdlib/linalg.rst

@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ Linear algebra functions in Julia are largely implemented by calling functions f
 
    .. Docstring generated from Julia source
 
-   ``peakflops`` computes the peak flop rate of the computer by using double precision :func:`Base.LinAlg.BLAS.gemm!`\ . By default, if no arguments are specified, it multiplies a matrix of size ``n x n``\ , where ``n = 2000``\ . If the underlying BLAS is using multiple threads, higher flop rates are realized. The number of BLAS threads can be set with ``blas_set_num_threads(n)``\ .
+   ``peakflops`` computes the peak flop rate of the computer by using double precision :func:`Base.LinAlg.BLAS.gemm!`\ . By default, if no arguments are specified, it multiplies a matrix of size ``n x n``\ , where ``n = 2000``\ . If the underlying BLAS is using multiple threads, higher flop rates are realized. The number of BLAS threads can be set with ``BLAS.set_num_threads(n)``\ .
 
    If the keyword argument ``parallel`` is set to ``true``\ , ``peakflops`` is run in parallel on all the worker processors. The flop rate of the entire parallel computer is returned. When running in parallel, only 1 BLAS thread is used. The argument ``n`` still refers to the size of the problem that is solved on each processor.
 
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ Usually a function has 4 methods defined, one each for ``Float64``,
 
    Returns the solution to ``A*x = b`` or one of the other two variants determined by ``tA`` (transpose ``A``\ ) and ``ul`` (triangle of ``A`` is used.) ``dA`` indicates if ``A`` is unit-triangular (the diagonal is assumed to be all ones).
 
-.. function:: blas_set_num_threads(n)
+.. function:: set_num_threads(n)
 
    .. Docstring generated from Julia source
 

test/runtests.jl

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cd(dirname(@__FILE__)) do
     if net_on
         n = min(8, Sys.CPU_CORES, length(tests))
         n > 1 && addprocs(n; exeflags=`--check-bounds=yes --depwarn=error`)
-        blas_set_num_threads(1)
+        BLAS.set_num_threads(1)
     end
 
     @everywhere include("testdefs.jl")