bench: refactor to use dynamic memory allocation in blas/ext/base/dsumkbn2

PR-URL: #8909
Ref: #8643
Ref: #369
Reviewed-by: Athan Reines <[email protected]>

Author: opbot-xd

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/ext/base/dsumkbn2/benchmark/c/benchmark.length.c

@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ static double rand_double( void ) {
 */
 static double benchmark1( int iterations, int len ) {
 	double elapsed;
-	double x[ len ];
+	double *x;
 	double v;
 	double t;
 	int i;
 
+	x = (double *)malloc( len * sizeof( double ) );
 	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
 		x[ i ] = ( rand_double() * 20000.0 ) - 10000.0;
 	}
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ static double benchmark1( int iterations, int len ) {
 	if ( v != v ) {
 		printf( "should not return NaN\n" );
 	}
+	free( x );
 	return elapsed;
 }
 
@@ -130,11 +132,12 @@ static double benchmark1( int iterations, int len ) {
 */
 static double benchmark2( int iterations, int len ) {
 	double elapsed;
-	double x[ len ];
+	double *x;
 	double v;
 	double t;
 	int i;
 
+	x = (double *)malloc( len * sizeof( double ) );
 	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
 		x[ i ] = ( rand_double() * 20000.0 ) - 10000.0;
 	}
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ static double benchmark2( int iterations, int len ) {
 	if ( v != v ) {
 		printf( "should not return NaN\n" );
 	}
+	free( x );
 	return elapsed;
 }