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Re: [patch] initial OpenCL C language support
- From: Ken Werner <ken at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: brobecker at adacore dot com, tromey at redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:21:25 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch] initial OpenCL C language support
- References: <201010221920.30046.ken@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <201011041638.46379.ken@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <83y6993rqg.fsf@gnu.org>
On Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:48:07 pm Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Ken Werner <ken@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:38:45 +0100
> > Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
> >
> > gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> >
> > Attached is a patch that adds a few bits to the documentation and the
> > NEWS file.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > +by OpenCL 1.1. In addition the half- and double-precision floating
> > point +data types of the cl_khr_fp16 and cl_khr_fp64 OpenCL extensions
> > are also +known to @value{GDBN}.
>
> cl_khr_fp16 and cl_khr_fp64 should probably be in @code.
Done.
> > +@value{GDBN} supports accesses to vector components including the access
> > as +lvalue where possible. Since OpenCL C is based on C99 most C
> > expressions
>
> ^^
> Two spaces, please.
Fixed.
> > --- src.orig/gdb/NEWS 2010-11-04 14:14:25.000000000 +0100
> > +++ src/gdb/NEWS 2010-11-04 14:18:33.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
> >
> > *** Changes since GDB 7.2
> >
> > +* OpenCL C
> > + Initial support for the OpenCL C language has been integrated into
> > GDB. +
>
> This part is fine, but I'd suggest to add a link to the OpenCL site
> here.
Added.
> Okay with those changes.
Thanks. Attached is the updated patch.
I think the documentation patch should be checked in together with the main
OpenCL C language patch. I'll merge this one into the main patch prior to
commiting.
Regards
Ken
ChangeLog:
2010-11-05 Ken Werner <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
* NEWS: Mention OpenCL C language support.
doc/ChangeLog:
2010-11-05 Ken Werner <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
* gdb.texinfo: (Summary) Add mention about OpenCL C language support.
(OpenCL C): New node.
Index: src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010-11-04 16:34:08.265495001 +0100
+++ src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010-11-05 12:30:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ Support for D is partial. For informati
Support for Modula-2 is partial. For information on Modula-2, see
@ref{Modula-2,,Modula-2}.
+Support for OpenCL C is partial. For information on OpenCL C, see
+@ref{OpenCL C,,OpenCL C}.
+
@cindex Pascal
Debugging Pascal programs which use sets, subranges, file variables, or
nested functions does not currently work. @value{GDBN} does not support
@@ -11611,7 +11614,7 @@ being set automatically by @value{GDBN}.
@node Supported Languages
@section Supported Languages
-@value{GDBN} supports C, C@t{++}, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Pascal,
+@value{GDBN} supports C, C@t{++}, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, OpenCL C, Pascal,
assembly, Modula-2, and Ada.
@c This is false ...
Some @value{GDBN} features may be used in expressions regardless of the
@@ -11632,6 +11635,7 @@ language reference or tutorial.
* C:: C and C@t{++}
* D:: D
* Objective-C:: Objective-C
+* OpenCL C:: OpenCL C
* Fortran:: Fortran
* Pascal:: Pascal
* Modula-2:: Modula-2
@@ -12278,6 +12282,42 @@ the description of an object. However,
with certain Objective-C libraries that have a particular hook
function, @code{_NSPrintForDebugger}, defined.
+@node OpenCL C
+@subsection OpenCL C
+
+@cindex OpenCL C
+This section provides information about @value{GDBN}s OpenCL C support.
+
+@menu
+* OpenCL C Datatypes::
+* OpenCL C Expressions::
+* OpenCL C Operators::
+@end menu
+
+@node OpenCL C Datatypes
+@subsubsection OpenCL C Datatypes
+
+@cindex OpenCL C Datatypes
+@value{GDBN} supports the builtin scalar and vector datatypes specified
+by OpenCL 1.1. In addition the half- and double-precision floating point
+data types of the @code{cl_khr_fp16} and @code{cl_khr_fp64} OpenCL
+extensions are also known to @value{GDBN}.
+
+@node OpenCL C Expressions
+@subsubsection OpenCL C Expressions
+
+@cindex OpenCL C Expressions
+@value{GDBN} supports accesses to vector components including the access as
+lvalue where possible. Since OpenCL C is based on C99 most C expressions
+supported by @value{GDBN} can be used as well.
+
+@node OpenCL C Operators
+@subsubsection OpenCL C Operators
+
+@cindex OpenCL C Operators
+@value{GDBN} supports the operators specified by OpenCL 1.1 for scalar and
+vector data types.
+
@node Fortran
@subsection Fortran
@cindex Fortran-specific support in @value{GDBN}
Index: src/gdb/NEWS
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/NEWS 2010-11-04 16:34:08.000000000 +0100
+++ src/gdb/NEWS 2010-11-05 12:33:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
*** Changes since GDB 7.2
+* OpenCL C
+ Initial support for the OpenCL C language (http://www.khronos.org/opencl)
+ has been integrated into GDB.
+
* Python scripting
** GDB values in Python are now callable if the value represents a