boost/function.hpp and CUDA <typeinfo> must be incl. before typeid?

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#1

I would like to use boost::function objects in host code contained in a CUDA file. However, when including <boost/function.hpp>, nvcc (CUDA 2.0 with VS2005 express) refuses to compile the code (which compiles in .cpp files with VS2005 express). The error message is:

function_base.hpp(507): error: must be included before typeid is used
function_base.hpp(507): error: no suitable user-defined conversion from “const type_info” to “const type_info” exists

The strange thing is that is included by function_base.hpp before typeid is used.

This annoys me also because it prohibits use of several other boost libraries since they include this file.

Did anyone else have this problem, or a solution?

#2

Hi,

it seems that I have the same problem.
Is there already a solution for this?

Regards,
Matze

#3

Compile the host code requiring boost as a c++ file directly with gcc (or MSVC if on windows).

#4

I just came across a similar issue. Compiling a file that includes “boost/function.hpp” with nvcc causes this error (for me on Linux):

$nvcc crash_test.cu

nvcc error : ‘cudafe++’ died due to signal 11 (Invalid memory reference)

Including the cuda runtime header and using gcc instead (or simply renaming the file crash_test.cc) works fine, but surely this is an bug in nvcc?

#5

Same here, although I did get a more sensible error message

[codebox]/usr/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp(786): internal error: assertion failed: gen_initializer_constant: ran out of fields (/home/buildmeister/nightly/rel/gpgpu/toolkit/r2.1/compiler/edg/EDG_3.9/src/cp_gen_be.c, line 3295)

1 catastrophic error detected in the compilation of “CudaCollision.cpp1.ii”.

Compilation aborted.[/codebox]

I wonder if there’s a chance that a fix of this would make it into version 2.2?