void libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader( libxsmm_generated_code* io_generated_code,
                                const char*             i_csc_file_in,
                                unsigned int**          o_row_idx,
                                unsigned int**          o_column_idx,
                                double**                o_values,
                                unsigned int*           io_row_count,
                                unsigned int*           io_column_count,
                                unsigned int*           o_element_count ) {
  FILE *l_csc_file_handle;
  const unsigned int l_line_length = 512;
  char l_line[512/*l_line_length*/+1];
  unsigned int l_header_read = 0;
  unsigned int* l_column_idx_id = NULL;
  unsigned int l_i = 0;

  l_csc_file_handle = fopen( i_csc_file_in, "r" );
  if ( l_csc_file_handle == NULL ) {
    LIBXSMM_HANDLE_ERROR( io_generated_code, LIBXSMM_ERR_CSC_INPUT );
    return;
  }

  while (fgets(l_line, l_line_length, l_csc_file_handle) != NULL) {
    if ( strlen(l_line) == l_line_length ) {
      free(*o_row_idx); free(*o_column_idx); free(*o_values); free(l_column_idx_id);
      *io_row_count = *io_column_count = *o_element_count = 0;
      *o_row_idx = *o_column_idx = NULL; *o_values = NULL;
      fclose( l_csc_file_handle ); /* close mtx file */
      LIBXSMM_HANDLE_ERROR( io_generated_code, LIBXSMM_ERR_CSC_READ_LEN );
      return;
    }
    /* check if we are still reading comments header */
    if ( l_line[0] == '%' ) {
      continue;
    } else {
      /* if we are the first line after comment header, we allocate our data structures */
      if ( l_header_read == 0 ) {
        unsigned int row_count, column_count;
        if (3 == sscanf(l_line, "%u %u %u", &row_count, &column_count, o_element_count) &&
            0 != row_count && 0 != column_count && 0 != *o_element_count)
        {
          *io_column_count = LIBXSMM_MAX(*io_column_count, column_count);
          *io_row_count = LIBXSMM_MAX(*io_row_count, row_count);
          /* allocate CSC data structure matching mtx file, and set everything to zero for init */
          /* coverity[tainted_data] */
          *o_row_idx = (unsigned int*)calloc(*o_element_count, sizeof(unsigned int));
          /* coverity[tainted_data] */
          *o_column_idx = (unsigned int*)calloc((size_t)*io_column_count + 1, sizeof(unsigned int));
          /* coverity[tainted_data] */
          *o_values = (double*)calloc(*o_element_count, sizeof(double));
          /* coverity[tainted_data] */
          l_column_idx_id = (unsigned int*)calloc(*io_column_count, sizeof(unsigned int));

          /* check if mallocs were successful */
          if ( ( *o_row_idx == NULL )      ||
               ( *o_column_idx == NULL )   ||
               ( *o_values == NULL )       ||
               ( l_column_idx_id == NULL ) ) {
            free(*o_row_idx); free(*o_column_idx); free(*o_values); free(l_column_idx_id);
            *io_row_count = *io_column_count = *o_element_count = 0;
            *o_row_idx = *o_column_idx = NULL; *o_values = NULL;
            fclose(l_csc_file_handle); /* close mtx file */
            LIBXSMM_HANDLE_ERROR( io_generated_code, LIBXSMM_ERR_CSC_ALLOC_DATA );
            return;
          }

          /* init column idx */
          /* coverity[tainted_data] */
          for (l_i = 0; l_i <= *io_column_count; ++l_i) {
            (*o_column_idx)[l_i] = *o_element_count;
          }
          /* init */
          (*o_column_idx)[0] = 0;
          l_i = 0;
          l_header_read = 1;
        } else {
          LIBXSMM_HANDLE_ERROR( io_generated_code, LIBXSMM_ERR_CSC_READ_DESC );
          fclose( l_csc_file_handle ); /* close mtx file */
          return;
        }
      /* now we read the actual content */
      } else {
        unsigned int l_row = 0, l_column = 0;
        double l_value = 0;
        /* read a line of content */
        if ( sscanf(l_line, "%u %u %lf", &l_row, &l_column, &l_value) != 3
          || l_row > *io_row_count || l_column > *io_column_count
          || l_i >= *o_element_count )
        {
          free(*o_row_idx); free(*o_column_idx); free(*o_values); free(l_column_idx_id);
          *io_row_count = *io_column_count = *o_element_count = 0;
          *o_row_idx = *o_column_idx = NULL; *o_values = NULL;
          fclose(l_csc_file_handle); /* close mtx file */
          LIBXSMM_HANDLE_ERROR( io_generated_code, LIBXSMM_ERR_CSC_READ_ELEMS );
          return;
        }
        /* adjust numbers to zero termination */
        LIBXSMM_ASSERT(0 != l_row && 0 != l_column);
        l_row--; l_column--;
        /* add these values to row and value structure */
        (*o_row_idx)[l_i] = l_row;
        (*o_values)[l_i] = l_value;
        l_i++;
        /* handle columns, set id to own for this column, yeah we need to handle empty columns */
        /* coverity[tainted_data] */
        l_column_idx_id[l_column] = 1;
        (*o_column_idx)[l_column+1] = l_i;
      }
    }
  }

  /* close mtx file */
  fclose( l_csc_file_handle );

  /* check if we read a file which was consistent */
  if ( l_i != (*o_element_count) ) {
    free(*o_row_idx); free(*o_column_idx); free(*o_values); free(l_column_idx_id);
    *io_row_count = *io_column_count = *o_element_count = 0;
    *o_row_idx = *o_column_idx = NULL; *o_values = NULL;
    LIBXSMM_HANDLE_ERROR( io_generated_code, LIBXSMM_ERR_CSC_LEN );
    return;
  }

  if ( l_column_idx_id != NULL ) {
    /* let's handle empty columns */
    for ( l_i = 0; l_i < (*io_column_count); l_i++) {
      if ( l_column_idx_id[l_i] == 0 ) {
        (*o_column_idx)[l_i+1] = (*o_column_idx)[l_i];
      }
    }

    /* free helper data structure */
    free( l_column_idx_id );
  }
}