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NAME
EXTENSION - A #pragma directive to set the behavior for OpenCL extensions.
#pragma OPENCL EXTENSION extension_name : behavior
#pragma OPENCL EXTENSION all : behavior
PARAMETERS
extension_name
The name of the extension. The extension_name will have names of the form cl_khr_<name> for an
extension approved by the OpenCL working group and will have names of the form
cl_<vendor_name>_<name> for vendor extensions. The token all means that the behavior applies to all
extensions supported by the compiler. The table below shows the legal values for extension_name:
┌────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│Extension name │ Description │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_int64_base_atomics(3clc) │ 64-bit integer base atomic operations │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics(3clc) │ 64-bit integer extended atomic │
│ │ operations │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_3d_image_writes(3clc) │ Writes to 3D image objects │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_fp16(3clc) │ Half-precision floating-point │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_apple_gl_sharing │ MacOS X OpenGL sharing │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_gl_sharing(3clc) │ OpenGL sharing │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_gl_event(3clc) │ CL event objects from GL sync objects │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_d3d10_sharing(3clc) │ Sharing memory objects wth Direct3D │
│ │ 10 │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_d3d11_sharing(3clc) │ Sharing memory objects wth Direct3D │
│ │ 11 │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_dx9_media_sharing(3clc) │ Sharing memory objects wth Direct3D 9 │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│cl_khr_icd(3clc) │ Access Khronos OpenCL installable │
│ │ client driver loader (ICD Loader. │
└────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
behavior
One of the following values:
┌─────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│behavior │ Description │
├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│enable │ Behave as specified by the extension extension_name. │
│ │ │
│ │ Report an error on the #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION if the │
│ │ extension_name is not supported, or if all is specified. │
│ │ │
├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│disable │ Behave (including issuing errors and warnings) as if the extension │
│ │ extension_name is not part of the language definition. │
│ │ │
│ │ If all is specified, then behavior must revert back to that of the │
│ │ non-extended core version of the language being compiled to. │
│ │ │
│ │ Warn on the #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION if the extension extension_name is │
│ │ not supported. │
└─────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
DESCRIPTION
The #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION directive is a simple, low-level mechanism to set the behavior for each
extension. It does not define policies such as which combinations are appropriate; those must be defined
elsewhere. The order of directives matter in setting the behavior for each extension. Directives that
occur later override those seen earlier. The all variant sets the behavior for all extensions, overriding
all previously issued extension directives, but only if the behavior is set to disable.
The initial state of the compiler is as if the directive #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION all : disable was
issued, telling the compiler that all error and warning reporting must be done according to this
specification, ignoring any extensions.
Every extension which affects the OpenCL language semantics, syntax or adds built-in functions to the
language must create a preprocessor #define that matches the extension name string. This #define would be
available in the language if and only if the extension is supported on a given implementation.
NOTES
This document describes the list of optional features supported by OpenCL 1.2. Optional extensions may be
supported by some OpenCL devices. Optional extensions are not required to be supported by a conformant
OpenCL implementation, but are expected to be widely available; they define functionality that is likely
to move into the required feature set in a future revision of the OpenCL specification
OpenCL extensions approved by the OpenCL working group can be promoted to required core features in later
revisions of OpenCL. When this occurs, the extension specifications are merged into the core
specification. Functions and enumerants that are part of such promoted extensions will have the KHR affix
removed. OpenCL implementations of such later revisions must also export the name strings of promoted
extensions in the CL_PLATFORM_EXTENSIONS or CL_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS string, and support the KHR-affixed
versions of functions and enumerants as a transition aid.
Example
An extension which adds the extension string "cl_khr_3d_image_writes" should also add a preprocessor
#define called cl_khr_3d_image_writes. A kernel can now use this preprocessor #define to do something
like the following:
#ifdef cl_khr_3d_image_writes // do something using the
extension #else // do something else or #error! #endif
SPECIFICATION
OpenCL Specification[1]
AUTHORS
The Khronos Group
COPYRIGHT
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NOTES
1. OpenCL Specification
page 6, section 9.1 - Compiler Directives for Optional Extensions