Cannot compile OpenMP directives to offload to Nvidia GPU from Windows 10

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#1

Hello,

I hope someone can help me. I am new with cuda, not as new with OpenMP. I am trying to compile this file kernel.cu:

void cuda_matricesSubstract(int pIntCols, int pIntRows, float* pMatrixA, float* pMatrixB, float* pMatrixC)
{
#pragma omp parallel
{
int i, j;
#pragma omp target teams distribute parallel for map(to: i, j, pIntRows, pIntCols, pMatrixA, pMatrixB) map(tofrom: pMatrixC)
for (i = 0; i < pIntRows; i++)
for (j = 0; j < pIntCols; j++)
{
int lIntPos = i * pIntCols + j;
pMatrixC[lIntPos] = pMatrixA[lIntPos] - pMatrixB[lIntPos];
}
}
}

With CMD command:

nvcc -c kernel.cu -o kernel.o -Xcompiler " -openmp"

I obtain this error (I have translated it a little bit from spanish):

kernel.cu(26): error C3001: ‘target’: expected a name of an OpenMP directive

I have been trying different approaches but none worked.

I have:

  • Cuda v11.7
  • Windows 10
  • GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060.

I look forward to your help so that I can get deeper into cuda and NVIDIA.

Thanks in advance and best regards.

#2

Moved to CUDA Setup forum

#3

cuda and OpenMP (including target offload) are mostly orthogonal (they don’t relate to each other).

nvcc is not the correct compiler to use, nor is the CUDA toolkit intended to support OpenMP target offload to a GPU.

You won’t be able to use the CUDA toolkit for what you are trying to do here.

If you have a windows compiler that supports OpenMP target offload to a GPU, use that, and follow the instructions provided by the provider of that compiler.

#4

Hello Robert, thank you for your answer. I will find that compiler. Any idea of such a compiler?

Thanks in advance.

#5

for windows? no. Google may help you locate something.

For linux, you could try the NVIDIA HPC SDK. See here.