# Storage allocation in LAPACK.potrf!

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/storage-allocation-in-lapack-potrf/82>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 1, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/storage-allocation-in-lapack-potrf/82 "2016-11-01T13:56:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmbates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dmbates/32/44_2.png) [@dmbates](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmbates)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/storage-allocation-in-lapack-potrf/82/3 "2016-11-01T19:24:34Z")

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This makes it seem worthwhile to allocate my own `BLASInt` vector of length 1 and call `dpotrf!` directly.

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