b-sumner added inline comments.
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Comment at: clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp:1845-1846
+ }
+ if (getCodeGenOpts().EmitOpenCLArgMetadata ||
+ getCodeGenOpts().HIPSaveKernelArgName)
Fn->setMetadata("kernel_arg_name",
----------------
yaxunl wrote:
> tra wrote:
> > yaxunl wrote:
> > > yaxunl wrote:
> > > > tra wrote:
> > > > > tra wrote:
> > > > > > Should we consolidate both options into `-fkernel-arg-info` and
> > > > > > make `-cl-kernel-arg-info` an alias to it?
> > > > > Also, this check is odd. For some reason only *arg name* metadata is
> > > > > set conditionally, but for whatever reason OpenCL sets other arg
> > > > > metadata unconditionally.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I'm really curious what's so special about "kernel_arg_name" vs
> > > > > the other arg metadata.
> > > > > Should we consolidate both options into `-fkernel-arg-info` and make
> > > > > `-cl-kernel-arg-info` an alias to it?
> > > >
> > > > -cl-kernel-arg-info is an OpenCL option defined in OpenCL spec,
> > > > therefore is made OpenCL only option. It would be confusing to allow it
> > > > with other languages.
> > > > Also, this check is odd. For some reason only *arg name* metadata is
> > > > set conditionally, but for whatever reason OpenCL sets other arg
> > > > metadata unconditionally.
> > > >
> > > > Now I'm really curious what's so special about "kernel_arg_name" vs the
> > > > other arg metadata.
> > >
> > > The other metadata are mandatory because they are necessary for OpenCL
> > > runtime to set kernel argument.
> > >
> > > The kernel argument name is emitted only with -cl-kernel-arg-info since
> > > it is only used to support clGetKernelArgInfo which requires
> > > -cl-kernel-arg-info to work.
> > > It would be confusing to allow it with other languages.
> >
> > On the other hand having two options that control exactly the same
> > functionality also looks odd to me.
> >
> > The way I see it is that an entity may have more than one name. OpenCL
> > standard requires that that particular functionality must be enabled via
> > `-cl-kernel-arg-info` and I'm not proposing to change that. The OpenCL
> > standard has no say whether that flag may have a different name in addition
> > to the standard-required one.
> >
> > This is similar to how over time we've been transitioning what used to be
> > CUDA-only options into their generic `-gpu` and `-offload` variants, only
> > in this case OpenCL functionality becomes useful outside of OpenCL.
> >
> > > It would be confusing to allow it with other languages.
> >
> > On the other hand having two options that control exactly the same
> > functionality also looks odd to me.
> >
> > The way I see it is that an entity may have more than one name. OpenCL
> > standard requires that that particular functionality must be enabled via
> > `-cl-kernel-arg-info` and I'm not proposing to change that. The OpenCL
> > standard has no say whether that flag may have a different name in addition
> > to the standard-required one.
> >
> > This is similar to how over time we've been transitioning what used to be
> > CUDA-only options into their generic `-gpu` and `-offload` variants, only
> > in this case OpenCL functionality becomes useful outside of OpenCL.
> >
>
> If we introduce a generic option -fkernel-arg-info and make
> -cl-kernel-arg-info alias to it, do we want to make it available to all
> languages or limit it to HIP and OpenCL only?
> > > It would be confusing to allow it with other languages.
> >
> > On the other hand having two options that control exactly the same
> > functionality also looks odd to me.
> >
> > The way I see it is that an entity may have more than one name. OpenCL
> > standard requires that that particular functionality must be enabled via
> > `-cl-kernel-arg-info` and I'm not proposing to change that. The OpenCL
> > standard has no say whether that flag may have a different name in addition
> > to the standard-required one.
> >
> > This is similar to how over time we've been transitioning what used to be
> > CUDA-only options into their generic `-gpu` and `-offload` variants, only
> > in this case OpenCL functionality becomes useful outside of OpenCL.
> >
>
> If we introduce a generic option -fkernel-arg-info and make
> -cl-kernel-arg-info alias to it, do we want to make it available to all
> languages or limit it to HIP and OpenCL only?
I think that would be fine.
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