dsbgvx kept crashing on me with an access violation for large enough problems (n=3636). I am compiling for an x64 target.
Meticulously studying the manual, http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/mkl/mklman/index.htm#GUID-659297EE-D35B-428C-ABBE-1A7EBE2B0F6E, I noticed that the dimension of ifail is m for dsbgvx, and n for sbgvx.
Allocating n integers for ifail, dsbgvx stops crashing.
Another peculiarity is that dsbgvx does not crash on me while compiled for an Win32 target.
Questions:
I am selecting only m out of n eigenvalues. The information I aim for should fit in w(1:m) and z(1:n,1:m), as discussed in the Fortran 95 interface of e.g. ?stein. So, is w(n) and z(n,n) really required in dsbgvx?
Now that ifail(n) works and ifail(m) fails, should the manual read that the dimension of ifail must be n? And if so, why do w(m), z(n,m) and ifail(m) work for Win32 targets?