How to define functions in OpenCL?

Question

How do i define functions in OpenCL? I tried to build one program for each function. And it didn't worked.

float AddVectors(float a, float b)
{
    return a + b;
}

kernel void VectorAdd(
    global read_only float* a,
    global read_only float* b,
    global write_only float* c )
{
    int index = get_global_id(0);
    //c[index] = a[index] + b[index];
    c[index] = AddVectors(a[index], b[index]);
}

Possibly duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2924619/opencl-user-defined-inline-functions ? — Karel Petranek, Aug 01 '10 at 23:29

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '10 at 00:48

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You don't need to create one program for each function, instead you create a program for a set of functions that are marked with __kernel (or kernel) and potentially auxiliary functions (like your AddVectors function) using for example clCreateProgramWithSource call.

Check out basic tutorials from Apple, AMD, NVIDIA..

answered Aug 02 '10 at 00:48

elmattic

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I just tested this. Did not receive any errors so It may be working. Also just found out that clBuildProgram is not threadsafe. So we are putting all programs in a single cl file for a reason. – huseyin tugrul buyukisik Jan 23 '14 at 14:17

How to define functions in OpenCL?

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