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Rather than creating a new device info tree for each call to `olGetDeviceInfo`, we instead do it on device initialisation. As well as improving performance, this fixes a few lifetime issues with returned strings. This does unfortunately mean that device information is immutable, but hopefully that shouldn't be a problem for any queries we want to implement. This also meant allowing offload initialization to fail, which it can now do.
The LLVM/Offload Subproject
The Offload subproject aims at providing tooling, runtimes, and APIs that allow users to execute code on accelerators or other "co-processors" that may or may not match the architecture of their "host". In the long run, all kinds of targets are in scope of this effort, including but not limited to: CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, AI/ML accelerators, distributed resources, etc.
For OpenMP offload users, the project is ready and fully usable. The final API design is still under development. More content will show up here and on our webpage soon. In the meantime, people are encouraged to participate in our meetings (see below) and check our development board as well as the discussions on Discourse.
Meetings
Every second Wednesday, 7:00 - 8:00am PT, starting Jan 24, 2024. Alternates with the OpenMP in LLVM meeting. invite.ics Meeting Minutes and Agenda