.c file cannot call a simple function defined in a .cu file help

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1

When linked ,it just said “undefined reference to the function”.
However,if transform the .c file to a .cpp file ,everything is fine.
I am confused.
Thank you for any help.

2

It sounds like a name decoration problem.

c++ compiler would use C-style name decoration for file with extension .c .

when using nvcc, it would call third party C++ compiler (cl.exe or g++) to compile host code, I think that

compiler use C+±style name decoration.

If you want to call a function (say foo(void)) which is defined in a .cu file and you want to use C-style name decoration, then

you can declare “foo” in .cu file as

extern "C" {

 void  foo(void);

} 

// definition of foo

void foo(void)

{

.....

}
3

Thanks for your help.

I have got it.