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[notooth]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a way to execute a kernel from OpenCL platform, just like clEnqueueNDRangeKernel command from host side. Please help.

[nou]

you mean execute another kernel within kernel? that is not currently possible. you can only call kernel instaide another kernel when it behaves as normal function.

[himanshu_gautam]

What nou is saying is correct.

Please refer  section 6.7.1 in OpenCL spec.

I am pasting it for your convenience.

The __kernel (or kernel) qualifier declares a function to be a kernel that can be executed by an application on an OpenCL device(s). The following rules apply to functions that are declared with this qualifier:

It can be executed on the device only

It can be called by the host

It is just a regular function call if a __kernel function is called by another kernel function.

[notooth]

So, I can only call another kernel with just 1 work-tem, unlike clEnqueueNDRangeKernel command with multi work-items running parallely. Hope the next version of OpenCL work that out.