2020 07 06 sync

Agenda

• Opens

• Enabling libraries in AOT mode (https://github.com/intel/llvm/pull/2012).

• Optimizations for SPIR target: use of vector types unsupported by the SPIR-V translator - <v6 x i32>.

• Patches in review for llorg:

  • https://reviews.llvm.org/D80932 - [SYCL] Make default address space a superset of OpenCL address spaces
    • First attempt to address Victor's comment and enable new behavior in SYCL mode only.

• GitHub issues/PRs

  • https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/1799#issuecomment-637395726 - half implementation: __fp16 vs _Float16.
  • Mangling issues - https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/2039
  • https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/2041 - [SYCL][FE] Add an attribute to annotate special sycl types

• Back-burner

  • https://reviews.llvm.org/D71016 - [SYCL] Implement OpenCL kernel function generation
  • https://reviews.llvm.org/D77220 - [SYCL] Enable OpenCL types required for implementing the SYCL headers.