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[libclc] Add generic implementation of some atomic functions in OpenCL spec section 6.15.12.7 (#146814)
Add corresponding clc functions, which are implemented with clang
__scoped_atomic builtins. OpenCL functions are implemented as a wrapper
over clc functions.

Also change legacy atomic_inc and atomic_dec to re-use the newly added
clc_atomic_inc/dec implementations. llvm-diff only no change to
atomic_inc and atomic_dec in bitcode.

Notes:
* Generic OpenCL built-ins functions uses __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST and
__MEMORY_SCOPE_DEVICE for memory order and memory scope parameters.
* OpenCL atomic_*_explicit, atomic_flag* built-ins are not implemented
yet.
* OpenCL built-ins of atomic_intptr_t, atomic_uintptr_t, atomic_size_t
and atomic_ptrdiff_t types are not implemented yet.
* llvm-diff shows no change to nvptx64--nvidiacl.bc and
amdgcn--amdhsa.bc since __opencl_c_atomic_order_seq_cst and
__opencl_c_atomic_scope_device are not defined in these two targets.
2025-07-18 08:09:14 +08:00
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libclc

libclc is an open source implementation of the library requirements of the OpenCL C programming language, as specified by the OpenCL 1.1 Specification. The following sections of the specification impose library requirements:

  • 6.1: Supported Data Types
  • 6.2.3: Explicit Conversions
  • 6.2.4.2: Reinterpreting Types Using as_type() and as_typen()
  • 6.9: Preprocessor Directives and Macros
  • 6.11: Built-in Functions
  • 9.3: Double Precision Floating-Point
  • 9.4: 64-bit Atomics
  • 9.5: Writing to 3D image memory objects
  • 9.6: Half Precision Floating-Point

libclc is intended to be used with the Clang compiler's OpenCL frontend.

libclc is designed to be portable and extensible. To this end, it provides generic implementations of most library requirements, allowing the target to override the generic implementation at the granularity of individual functions.

libclc currently supports PTX, AMDGPU, SPIRV and CLSPV targets, but support for more targets is welcome.

Compiling and installing

(in the following instructions you can use make or ninja)

For an in-tree build, Clang must also be built at the same time:

$ cmake <path-to>/llvm-project/llvm/CMakeLists.txt -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="libclc;clang" \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G Ninja
$ ninja

Then install:

$ ninja install

Note you can use the DESTDIR Makefile variable to do staged installs.

$ DESTDIR=/path/for/staged/install ninja install

To build out of tree, or in other words, against an existing LLVM build or install:

$ cmake <path-to>/llvm-project/libclc/CMakeLists.txt -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -G Ninja -DLLVM_DIR=$(<path-to>/llvm-config --cmakedir)
$ ninja

Then install as before.

In both cases this will include all supported targets. You can choose which targets are enabled by passing -DLIBCLC_TARGETS_TO_BUILD to CMake. The default is all.

In both cases, the LLVM used must include the targets you want libclc support for (AMDGPU and NVPTX are enabled in LLVM by default). Apart from SPIRV where you do not need an LLVM target but you do need the llvm-spirv tool available. Either build this in-tree, or place it in the directory pointed to by LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR.

Website

https://libclc.llvm.org/