Re: [boost] [config] BOOST_NOINLINE on nvcc

Subject: Re: [boost] [config] BOOST_NOINLINE on nvcc
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-22 00:28:29

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Mathias Gaunard
<mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that I had some problems with some nvcc (NVIDIA CUDA) versions and
> BOOST_NOINLINE.
>
> The logic for defining BOOST_NOINLINE seems to be the same as that of
> BOOST_FORCEINLINE, which does work correctly, so it seems to be a nvcc bug
> that's not fully compatible with GCC despite claiming to be.
>
> What would be the correct way to fix that?

I suppose, you could just add:

#define BOOST_NOINLINE

to boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp, with a descriptive comment. When
the macro is defined in the compiler's config, it won't be defined by
suffix.hpp.

How does the problem manifest itself though?