CUDASafety-3.2ΒΆ

No configuration function calls in device code

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CUDA SAFETY 3.2 [safety.kernel.device_side_launch] No configuration function calls in device code

No configuration function call shall be present in device code.

Scope: Device.
Audience: CUDA C++.
Category: Mandatory.
Hardware Applicability: All Compute Capabilities.
Rationale

Device side configuration function calls are not supported in safety critical CUDA.

Example 1 (Bad)
__global__ void kernel(){}

__device__ void foo() {
  kernel<<<1,1>>>(); // non-compliant: kernel launch in device code.
}
Excerpt from NVIDIA CUDA C++ Guidelines for robust and safety-critical programming, Version 3.0.1, Copyright (C) 2018-2023 NVIDIA Corporation.

Possible Messages

Key

Text

Severity

Disabled

kernel_call_from_device

Do not use configuration function calls in device code

None

False

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