1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bench/btl/generic_bench/init/init_matrix.hh b/bench/btl/generic_bench/init/init_matrix.hh
index 6b57504c0..67cbd2073 100644
--- a/bench/btl/generic_bench/init/init_matrix.hh
+++ b/bench/btl/generic_bench/init/init_matrix.hh
@@ -41,13 +41,24 @@ BTL_DONT_INLINE void init_row(Vector & X, int size, int row){
 //            [] operator for setting rows
 template<double init_function(int,int),class Vector>
 BTL_DONT_INLINE void init_matrix(Vector &  A, int size){
-
   A.resize(size);
   for (int row=0; row<A.size() ; row++){
     init_row<init_function>(A[row],size,row);
   }
+}
 
-
+template<double init_function(int,int),class Matrix>
+BTL_DONT_INLINE void init_matrix_symm(Matrix&  A, int size){
+  A.resize(size);
+  for (int row=0; row<A.size() ; row++)
+    A[row].resize(size);
+  for (int row=0; row<A.size() ; row++){
+    A[row][row] = init_function(row,row);
+    for (int col=0; col<row ; col++){
+      double x = init_function(row,col);
+      A[row][col] = A[col][row] = x;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 #endif