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Does Intel OpenCL 2.1 support kernel C++?

shetty__sujay
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Hi, 

I'm working on a project where I'm using OpenCL 2.1 NEO and I want to know if I can use C++ inside the kernel code. I see AMD has that feature and also OpenCL 2.1 it has C++ specs. But I'm not able to use the C++ code inside the kernel.

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Michael_C_Intel1
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Hi SujayS,

Thanks for the interest and the question. I think your question can help a lot of users, so I'm linking some useful resources for users who want to develop with OpenCL-C++ and Intel Graphics Compute Runtime for OpenCL Driver (NEO).

At this time, NEO can ingest SPIR-V. Exploring compilation of OpenCL-C++ to SPIR-V may help you. Here are some overview references and examples:

 

Some spellings for toggles may have been updated between clang version so picking a toolchain to fit your needs may not be so trivial. The Khronos SPIR repo looks like a good place to start to keep it simple.

Hopefully, browsing the above guidance can help you get there. Please let us know how your exploration goes.

 

-MichaelC

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Michael_C_Intel1
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SujayS,

Also noteworthy,  the ioc64 tool, can compile SPIR-V to both Intel CPU and Intel Graphics Technology (NEO enabled) targets. You may wish to use it to check offline compilation for targets of interest. The ioc64 tool comes with Intel® SDK for OpenCL™ Applications and the Intel® oneAPI beta Data Parallel C++ Base Toolkit.

ioc64 maintainers monitor these forums so if you have SPIR-V usage feedback for Intel platforms this would be a good thread to speak to your experience.

-MichaelC

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Ben_A_Intel
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I'd like to add a few additional links to Michael's excellent list above:

  • Here is an updated link demonstrating an OpenCL C++ kernel and command line that compiles through standard Clang (at least, as of this writing):  https://godbolt.org/z/mZ22WE
  • Here is the open source SPIR-V LLVM translator that can convert the LLVM IR bitcode emitted by Clang to SPIR-V: https://github.com/khronosgroup/spirv-llvm-translator
  • Here is an example demonstrating how to create a kernel from a file containing SPIR-V (works on Windows and Linux): https://github.com/bashbaug/SimpleOpenCLSamples/tree/master/samples/05_spirvkernelfromfile

Finally, if you are interested in a more complete end-to-end C++ experience, I'd encourage you to take a look at SYCL and Intel oneAPI Data Parallel C++.  More information about Data Parallel C++ can be found here: https://software.intel.com/en-us/oneapi/dpc-compiler

Thanks!

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Sharpe__Brian
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Is there any way to do compilation of C++ code (for use within an OpenCL kernel) at runtime with Intel OpenCL?
All avenues suggest that code must be compiled to SPIRV first (at application build/compile time), without allowing arbitrary C++ source to be created, compiled and executed all at runtime.

Examples of existing toolsets that allow for runtime compilation:
- NVRTC  (nvidias runtime compiler)
- OpenGL/GLSL
- OpenCL (using standard C)
- OpenCL  on AMD  (via their "opencl static c++ kernel language" extension)
- etc...

the use-case is executing shader graphs.
So imagine the user at runtime can construct an arbitrary node-graph representing a large computation.
I would like to translate that node-graph into C++ sourcecode at runtime, and then execute on the device.
If such a system were possible with Intel OpenCL,  what would need to be installed on the users machine to make this work?

thanks very much
Brian Sharpe


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