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# May'21 release notes
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## New features
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- [ESIMD] Allowed ESIMD and regular SYCL kernels to coexist in the same
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translation unit and in the same program. The `-fsycl-explicit-simd` option
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is no longer required for compiling ESIMD code and was deprecated. DPCPP RT
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implicitly appends `-vc-codegen` compile option for ESIMD images.
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- [ESIMD] Added indirect read and write methods to ESIMD class [8208427]
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- Provided `sycl::ONEAPI::has_known_identity` type trait to determine if
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reduction interface supports user-defined type at compile-time [0c7bd24]
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- Implemented zero argument version of `sycl::buffer::reinterpret()` for
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SYCL 2020 [c0c3c80]
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- Implemented [Matrix Programming Extension for DPC++](https://github.com/intel/llvm/blob/49b6749ea9175ae250b718c04d71af4ccfecc06c/sycl/doc/extensions/Matrix/dpcpp-joint-matrix.asciidoc) [35db973]
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- Added support SYCL2020 style interoperability API for OpenCL backend
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- Added support for
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[SYCL_INTEL_local_memory extension](doc/extensions/LocalMemory/SYCL_INTEL_local_memory.asciidoc)
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## Improvements
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### SYCL Compiler
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- Added support for math builtins: `fmax`, `fmin`, `isinf`, `isfinite`,
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- Added support for math built-ins: `fmax`, `fmin`, `isinf`, `isfinite`,
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`isnormal`, `fpclassify` [1040b94]
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- The FPGA initiation interval attribute spelling `[[intel::ii]]` is
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deprecated. The new spelling is `[[intel::initiation_interval]]`. In
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addition `[[intel::initiation_interval]]` may now be used as a function
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addition, `[[intel::initiation_interval]]` may now be used as a function
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attribute, formerly its use was limited to statement attribute [b04e6a0]
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- Added support for function attribute `[[intel::disable_loop_pipelining]]`
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and `[[intel::max_concurrency(n)]]` [7324b3e]
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- Provided facility for user to control execution range rounding [f6ac45f]
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- Ensured correct access mode in `sycl::handler::copy()` method [b489479]
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- Disallowed for atomic accessors in `sycl::handler::copy()` method [14437db]
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- Implicitly added `-vc-codegen` compile option for ESIMD images [798b4c5]
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- Provided move-assignability of `usm_allocator` class [05a805e]
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- Improved performance when using `COPY_HOST_PTR` at devices without host
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unified memory [ad8c9d1]
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- Improved performance of copying data during native memory object creation
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on devices without host unified memory [ad8c9d1]
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- [ESIMD] Added implicit set up of fence before barrier as required by hardware
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[692228c]
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- Allowed for using of interoperability program constructor with multi-device
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context [c7f7674]
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- Allowed trace of Level Zero calls only with `SYCL_PI_TRACE=-1` [ea73219]
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- Added throw of `feature_not_supported` when upon attempt to create program
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using `create_program_with_source` with Level Zero or CUDA [ba77e3a]
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- Added throw of `feature_not_supported` when when upon attempt to create
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program using `create_program_with_source` with Level Zero or CUDA [ba77e3a]
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- Added support for `inline` `cl` namespace in debugger [8e441d4]
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- Added support build with GCC 7 [d8fea22]
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- Added in-memory caching of programs which are built with custom build options
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- Added support for build with GCC 7 [d8fea22]
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- Added in-memory caching of programs built with custom build options
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- Improved range rounding heuristics [7efb692]
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- Added `get_backend` methods to SYCL classes [ee7e99f]
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- Added `sycl::sub_group::load` and `sycl::sub_group::store` versions which
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- Added `sycl::sub_group::load` and `sycl::sub_group::store` versions that
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take raw pointers [248f550]
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- Enabled caching of devices in `sycl::device` interoperability constructors
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## Bug fixes
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### SYCL Compiler
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- Suppressed link time warning on Windows which incorrectly diagnoses
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- Suppressed link time warning on Windows that incorrectly diagnosed
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conflicting section names while linking device binaries [8e6a3ec]
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- Disabled code coverage for device compilations [12a0b11]
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- Fixed an issue when unbundling a fat static archive and targeting non-FPGA
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device [90c79c7]
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- Addressed inconsistencies when performing compilations by using the target
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triple for FPGA (`spir64_fpga-unknown-unknown-sycldevice`) vs using
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`-fintelfpga` [c9a65fc]
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- Fixed generation the output report folder when performing FPGA AOT
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- Fixed generation of the output report folder when performing FPGA AOT
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compilations from a previously generated AOCR archive [eab4791]
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- Addressed issues dealing with improper settings when performing
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preprocessing when offloading is enabled [d03de03]
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`-fsycl-device-only` [3d2225a]
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### SYCL Library
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- Fixed race-condition happening on application exit [8eb00d7] [c9c1de9]
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- Fixed faulty behaviour which happened when accessing a buffer in different
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- Fixed faulty behaviour that happened when accessing a buffer in different
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contexts using `discard_*` access mode [f75b439]
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- Fixed support for `SYCL_PROGRAM_LINK_OPTIONS` and
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`sycl::buffer::set_final_data()` method [084d83a, 2a751bd]
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- Fixed support for `long long` in `sycl::vec::convert()` on Windows [5b49cd3]
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- Aligned local and image accessor with specification by allowing for property
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list in its constructor [88fab25]
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list in their constructor [88fab25]
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- Fixed support for offset in `parallel_for` for host device [1958715]
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- Added missing constructors for `sycl::buffer` class [bdfad9e]
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- Fixed coordinate conversion for `sampler` class on host device [cd6529f]
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- Fixed for support of local accessor in debugger [fdacb75]
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- Fixed support for local accessors in debugger [fdacb75]
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- Fixed dropping of kernel attributes when execution range rounding is used
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- Added support for interoperability tasks which use `get_mem()` methods with
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- Added support for interoperability tasks that use `get_mem()` methods with
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Level Zero plugin [149f08d]
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- Fixed sub-device caching in the Level Zero plugin [0b18b49]
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- Fixed `get_native` methods to retain reference counter in case of OpenCL
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they have been signaled [2a76b2a]
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- Resolved a pinned host memory specific performance regression on CUDA that
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was introduced with the host unified behavior dependent logic [3be63ab]
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- Fixed illegal accesses which could happen when an application which uses
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host tasks exits without waiting for host tasks completion [552a521]
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- Fixed illegal accesses that could happen when an application that uses host
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tasks exits without waiting for host tasks completion [552a521]
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- Fixed `sycl::event::get_info` queries that were working incorrectly when
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called on event without an encapsulated native handle [5d5a792]
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- Fixed compilation error with using multidimensional subscript for
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`sycl::accessor` with atomic access mode [0bfd34e]
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- Fixed a crash which happened when an accessor which is passed to the
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reduction is just after being passed to reduction [b80f13e]
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- Fixed a crash that happened when an accessor passed to a reduction was
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destroyed immediately after [b80f13e]
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- Fixed `sycl::device::get_info` with `sycl::info::device::max_mem_alloc_size`
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which was returning incorrect value in case of Level Zero backend [8dbaa53]
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versions of C++ RT used on app and sycl[d].dll sides.
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- The format of the object files produced by the compiler can change between
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versions. The workaround is to rebuild the application.
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- Using `cl::sycl::program` API to refer to a kernel defined in another
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translation unit leads to undefined behavior
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- Using `sycl::program`/`sycl::kernel_bundle` API to refer to a kernel defined
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in another translation unit leads to undefined behavior
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- Linkage errors with the following message:
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`error LNK2005: "bool const std::_Is_integral<bool>" (??$_Is_integral@_N@std@@3_NB) already defined`
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can happen when a SYCL application is built using MS Visual Studio 2019

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