diff --git a/libc/docs/gpu_mode.rst b/libc/docs/gpu_mode.rst new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/libc/docs/gpu_mode.rst @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +.. _GPU_mode: + +============== +GPU Mode +============== + +.. include:: check.rst + +.. contents:: Table of Contents + :depth: 4 + :local: + +.. note:: This feature is very experimental and may change in the future. + +The *GPU* mode of LLVM's libc is an experimental mode used to support calling +libc routines during GPU execution. The goal of this project is to provide +access to the standard C library on systems running accelerators. To begin using +this library, build and install the ``libcgpu.a`` static archive following the +instructions in :ref:`building_gpu_mode` and link with your offloading +application. + +.. _building_gpu_mode: + +Building the GPU library +======================== + +LLVM's libc GPU support *must* be built using the same compiler as the final +application to ensure relative LLVM bitcode compatibility. This can be done +automatically using the ``LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES=libc`` option. Furthermore, +building for the GPU is only supported in :ref:`fullbuild_mode`. To enable the +GPU build, set the target OS to ``gpu`` via ``LLVM_LIBC_TARGET_OS=gpu``. By +default, ``libcgpu.a`` will be built using every supported GPU architecture. To +restrict the number of architectures build, set ``LLVM_LIBC_GPU_ARCHITECTURES`` +to the list of desired architectures or use ``all``. A typical ``cmake`` +configuration will look like this: + +.. code-block:: sh + + $> cd llvm-project # The llvm-project checkout + $> mkdir build + $> cd build + $> cmake ../llvm -G Ninja \ + -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lld;compiler-rt" \ + -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="libc;openmp" \ + -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE= \ # Select build type + -DLLVM_LIBC_FULL_BUILD=ON \ # We need the full libc + -DLLVM_LIBC_TARGET_OS=gpu \ # Build in GPU mode + -DLLVM_LIBC_GPU_ARCHITECTURES=all \ # Build all supported architectures + -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX= \ # Where 'libcgpu.a' will live + $> ninja install + +Since we want to include ``clang``, ``lld`` and ``compiler-rt`` in our +toolchain, we list them in ``LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS``. To ensure ``libc`` is built +using a compatible compiler and to support ``openmp`` offloading, we list them +in ``LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES`` to build them after the enabled projects using the +newly built compiler. ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`` specifies the installation +directory in which to install the ``libcgpu.a`` library along with LLVM. + +Usage +===== + +Once the ``libcgpu.a`` static archive has been built in +:ref:`building_gpu_mode`, it can be linked directly with offloading applications +as a standard library. This process is described in the `clang documentation +_`. This linking mode is used +by the OpenMP toolchain, but is currently opt-in for the CUDA and HIP toolchains +using the ``--offload-new-driver``` and ``-fgpu-rdc`` flags. A typical usage +will look this this: + +.. code-block:: sh + + $> clang foo.c -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx90a -lcgpu + +The ``libcgpu.a`` static archive is a fat-binary containing LLVM-IR for each +supported target device. The supported architectures can be seen using LLVM's +objdump with the ``--offloading`` flag: + +.. code-block:: sh + + $> llvm-objdump --offloading libcgpu.a + libcgpu.a(strcmp.cpp.o): file format elf64-x86-64 + + OFFLOADING IMAGE [0]: + kind llvm ir + arch gfx90a + triple amdgcn-amd-amdhsa + producer + +Because the device code is stored inside a fat binary, it can be difficult to +inspect the resulting code. This can be done using the following utilities: + +.. code-block:: sh + $> llvm-ar x libcgpu.a strcmp.cpp.o + $> clang-offload-packager strcmp.cpp.o --image=arch=gfx90a,file=gfx90a.bc + $> opt -S out.bc + ... + +Supported Functions +=================== + +The following functions and headers are supported at least partially on the +device. Currently, only basic device functions that do not require an operating +system are supported on the device. Supporting functions like `malloc` using an +RPC mechanism is a work-in-progress. + +ctype.h +------- + +============= ========= +Function Name Available +============= ========= +isalnum |check| +isalpha |check| +isascii |check| +isblank |check| +iscntrl |check| +isdigit |check| +isgraph |check| +islower |check| +isprint |check| +ispunct |check| +isspace |check| +isupper |check| +isxdigit |check| +toascii |check| +tolower |check| +toupper |check| +============= ========= + +string.h +-------- + +============= ========= +Function Name Available +============= ========= +bcmp |check| +bzero |check| +memccpy |check| +memchr |check| +memcmp |check| +memcpy |check| +memmove |check| +mempcpy |check| +memrchr |check| +memset |check| +stpcpy |check| +stpncpy |check| +strcat |check| +strchr |check| +strcmp |check| +strcpy |check| +strcspn |check| +strlcat |check| +strlcpy |check| +strlen |check| +strncat |check| +strncmp |check| +strncpy |check| +strnlen |check| +strpbrk |check| +strrchr |check| +strspn |check| +strstr |check| +strtok |check| +strtok_r |check| +strdup +strndup +============= ========= diff --git a/libc/docs/index.rst b/libc/docs/index.rst --- a/libc/docs/index.rst +++ b/libc/docs/index.rst @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ usage_modes overlay_mode fullbuild_mode + gpu_mode .. toctree:: :hidden: