CLUNLOADPLATFORMCOMP(3clc)

💅 CLUNLOADPLATFORMCOMP (3clc) — the OpenCL Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in your OpenCL era, and this little guy lives in the 3clc section of the OpenCL Manual. its whole job? letting the implementation yeet the resources that the OpenCL compiler was hogging for a specific platform. so considerate of it honestly 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

clUnloadPlatformCompiler — the one that lets the implementation release the resources the OpenCL compiler allocated, for a platform. it's giving "you can let go now, queen" 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cl_int clUnloadPlatformCompiler(cl_platform_id platform);

that's it. one function, one platform argument, and a whole lot of vibes 💖

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🦋 NOTES 🦋

okay so lowkey important: this is a hint from the application, bestie. a suggestion. a gentle "hey, if you wanna clean up…" — it does not guarantee that the compiler won't be used in the future, and it does not guarantee that the compiler will actually be unloaded by the implementation. no promises were made, no cap 😭

and if you go call clBuildProgram(3clc), clCompileProgram(3clc), or clLinkProgram(3clc) after clUnloadPlatformCompiler? the compiler just reloads itself, if necessary, to build the appropriate program executable. it's a comeback tour. it's main character energy. it's fine. periodt ✨

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🔥 ERRORS 🔥

clUnloadPlatformCompiler returns CL_SUCCESS if the function is executed successfully. slay. iconic. everything worked 💖

otherwise, it returns one of these:

• CL_INVALID_PLATFORM — if platform is not a valid platform. so rude. so real. check your platform bestie 🙈

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👑 SPECIFICATION 👑

OpenCL Specification[1] ⭐

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🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

The Khronos Group 💜

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright © 2007-2011 The Khronos Group Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and/or associated documentation files (the "Materials"), to deal in the Materials without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Materials, and to permit persons to whom the Materials are furnished to do so, subject to the condition that this copyright notice and permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Materials.

(legal said what legal said, and honestly? valid. we respect the paperwork in this house 📜✨)

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💀 NOTES 💀

1. OpenCL Specification page 149, section 5.6.6 - Unloading the OpenCL Compiler 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋 no crumbs left, every flag and error preserved, we ate and left zero notes behind 🍓

The Khronos Group ✦ 01/14/2021 ✦ CLUNLOADPLATFORMCOMP(3clc) — mwah, go unload that compiler responsibly 💅💖