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        <h1>     
            clCreateKernel
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        <p>          
            Creates a kernal object.
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                    cl_kernel <strong class="fsfunc">clCreateKernel</strong>
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                <td><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="abstractDataTypes.html" target="_top">cl_program</a>  <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">program</var>, </td>
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              <td>const <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="scalarDataTypes.html" target="_top">char</a> <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">*kernel_name</var>, </td>
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              <td><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="scalarDataTypes.html" target="_top">cl_int</a> <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">*errcode_ret</var><code>)</code></td>
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        <h2>Parameters</h2>
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                        program
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                        A program object with a successfully built executable.
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                        kernel_name
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						A function name in the program declared with the <code class="constant">__kernel</code> qualifier
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                        errcode_ret
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                        Returns an appropriate error code. If <code class="varname">errcode_ret</code> is NULL, no error code is returned.
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		A kernel is a function declared in a program. A kernel is identified by the <a class="citerefentry" href="functionQualifiers.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">__kernel</span></span></a> qualifier applied to any function in a program. A kernel object encapsulates the specific <code class="constant">__kernel</code> function declared in a program and the argument values to be used when executing this <code class="constant">__kernel</code> function.
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        <h2>Errors</h2>
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			<code class="function">clCreateKernel</code> returns a valid non-zero kernel object and <code class="varname">errcode_ret</code> is set to <span class="errorname">CL_SUCCESS</span> if
			the kernel object is created successfully. Otherwise, it returns a NULL value with one of the
			following error values returned in <code class="varname">errcode_ret</code>:
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            <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_PROGRAM</span> if <code class="varname">program</code> is not a valid program object.
			</li>
            <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_PROGRAM_EXECUTABLE</span> if there is no successfully built executable for
				<code class="varname">program</code>.
			</li>
            <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_KERNEL_NAME</span> if <code class="varname">kernel_name</code> is not found in <code class="varname">program</code>.
			</li>
            <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_KERNEL_DEFINITION</span> if the function definition for <code class="constant">__kernel</code> function
				given by <code class="varname">kernel_name</code> such as the number of arguments, the argument types are not the
				same for all devices for which the <code class="varname">program</code> executable has been built.
			</li>
            <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_VALUE</span> if <code class="varname">kernel_name</code> is NULL.
			</li>
            <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY</span> if there is a failure to allocate resources required by the
				OpenCL implementation on the host.	
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        <h2>Specification</h2>
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            <a href="http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/specs/opencl-1.x-latest.pdf#page=101" target="OpenCL Spec">OpenCL Specification</a>
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        <h2>Also see</h2>
        <p>
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clCreateKernelsInProgram.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clCreateKernelsInProgram</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clRetainKernel.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clRetainKernel</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clReleaseKernel.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clReleaseKernel</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clSetKernelArg.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clSetKernelArg</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clGetKernelInfo.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clGetKernelInfo</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clGetKernelWorkGroupInfo.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clGetKernelWorkGroupInfo</span></span></a>
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