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            <keyword>async_work_group_strided_copy</keyword>
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        <refentrytitle>async_work_group_strided_copy</refentrytitle>

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        <refname>async_work_group_strided_copy</refname>

        <refpurpose>
            Performs an async gather of <varname>num_elements</varname> <type>gentype</type> elements from source to destination.
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                        async_work_group_strided_copy
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                <paramdef>const <link xlink:href="global.html">__global</link> gentype<parameter>*src</parameter></paramdef>
                <paramdef><link xlink:href="scalarDataTypes.html">size_t</link><parameter>num_gentypes</parameter></paramdef>   
                <paramdef><link xlink:href="scalarDataTypes.html">size_t</link><parameter>src_stride</parameter></paramdef>
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                    <function>                   
                        async_work_group_strided_copy
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                <paramdef><link xlink:href="global.html">__global</link> gentype<parameter>*dst</parameter></paramdef>  
                <paramdef>const <link xlink:href="local.html">__local</link> gentype<parameter>*src</parameter></paramdef>
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    <refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
        <para>
            The OpenCL C programming language implements these functions that provide 
            asynchronous copies between global and local memory and a prefetch from global memory. 
        </para>
        <para>
            Perform an async gather of <varname>num_gentypes</varname> <type>gentype</type> elements 
            from <varname>src</varname> to <varname>dst</varname>. The <varname>src_stride</varname> 
            is the stride in elements for each <type>gentype</type> element read from <varname>src</varname>. 
            The <varname>dst_stride</varname> is the stride in elements for each <type>gentype</type> element 
            written to <varname>dst</varname>. The async gather is performed by all work-items in a work-group
        </para>     
        <para>
            This built-in function must therefore be encountered by all work-items in a work-group 
            executing the kernel with the same argument values; otherwise the results are undefined.
        </para>
        <para>      
            Returns an event object that can be used by 
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wait_group_events</refentrytitle></citerefentry> to wait for the 
            async copy to finish. The <varname>event</varname> argument can also be used to associate the 
            <function>async_work_group_strided_copy</function> with a previous async copy allowing an event 
            to be shared by multiple async copies; otherwise <varname>event</varname> should be zero.
        </para>     
        <para>  
            If <varname>event</varname> argument is non-zero, the event object supplied in <varname>event</varname> 
            argument will be returned.
        </para>     
        <para>  
            This function does not perform any implicit synchronization of source data such as using a
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>barrier</refentrytitle></citerefentry> before performing the copy.
        </para>
        <para>
            The behavior of <function>async_work_group_strided_copy</function> is undefined if 
            <varname>src_stride</varname> or <varname>dst_stride</varname> is 0, or if the 
            <varname>src_stride</varname> or <varname>dst_stride</varname> values cause the <varname>src</varname> or 
            <varname>dst</varname> pointers to exceed the upper bounds of the address space during the copy.
        </para>
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    <refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
       <para>
      Returns an event object that can be used by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wait_group_events</refentrytitle></citerefentry> to wait for the async copy to finish.
      </para>
  <para>
      The generic type name <type>gentype</type> indicates the built-in data types <type>char</type>,  <type>char{2|4|8|16}</type>, <type>uchar</type>, <type>uchar{2|4|8|16}</type>, <type>short</type>, <type>short{2|4|8|16}</type>, <type>ushort</type>, <type>ushort{2|4|8|16}</type>, <type>int</type>, <type>int{2|4|8|16}</type>, <type>uint</type>, <type>uint{2|4|8|16}</type>, <type>long</type>, <type>long{2|4|8|16}</type>, <type>ulong</type>, <type>ulong{2|4|8|16}</type> or <type>float</type>, <type>float{2|4|8|16}</type> as the type for the arguments unless otherwise stated.
        </para>
        <para>
        If extended with <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cl_khr_fp64</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, generic type name <type>gentype</type> may indicate <type>double</type> and <type>double{2|4|8|16}</type> as arguments and return values. If extended with <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cl_khr_fp16</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, generic type name <type>gentype</type> may indicate <type>half</type> and <type>half{2|4|8|16}</type> as arguments and return values. 
        </para>
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            <olink uri="asyncCopyFunctions">OpenCL Specification</olink>
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    <refsect1 id="seealso"><title>Also see</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry href="asyncCopyFunctions"><refentrytitle>Async Copy and Prefetch  Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, 
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>wait_group_events</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
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