Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767253
Date 10/31/2024
Public
Document Table of Contents

fsycl-add-default-spec-consts-image

Enables or disables generation of a copy of every device image that uses a specialization constant, and replaces all instances of that specialization constant with default values defined in the relevant specialization_id variable.

Syntax

Linux:

-fsycl-add-default-spec-consts-image

-fno-sycl-add-default-spec-consts-image

Windows:

-fsycl-add-default-spec-consts-image

-fno-sycl-add-default-spec-consts-image

Arguments

None

Default

OFF

No device image copies are generated and specialization constants are unchanged.

Description

This option enables or disables generation of a copy of every device image that uses a specialization constant, and replaces all instances of that specialization constant with default values defined in the relevant specialization_id variable.

If a device image does not use a specialization constant, no copy is generated. In this case, SYCL runtime chooses between a new generated device image and the original one depending on whether a specialization constant value was changed from the specified default value in the relevant specialization_id variable.

This option is only useful if used with Ahead of Time (AOT) Compilation.

If you specify -fno-sycl-add-default-spec-consts-image, it disables generation of copies of device images that use specialization constants where all instances are replaced with default values.

NOTE:

When using this option, you must also specify option -fsycl.

For information about available SYCL drivers, refer to Invoke the Compiler.

NOTE:

This option only applies to host compilation. When offloading is enabled, it does not impact device-specific compilation.

IDE Equivalent

None

Alternate Options

None

Example

Consider the following command:

icpx -fsycl -fsycl-add-default-spec-consts-image ./code.cpp

The above command generates this error:

warning: -fsycl-add-default-spec-consts-image flag has an effect only in Ahead of Time Compilation mode (AOT).

The following command successfully causes generation of device image copies:

icpx -fsycl -fsycl-add-default-spec-consts-image -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -Xs "-device skl" ./code.cpp

The following command prevents generation of device image copies:

icpx -fsycl -fno-sycl-add-default-spec-consts-image -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -Xs "-device skl" ./code.cpp

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