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clCreateSubBuffer
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<p>
Creates a new buffer object (referred to as a sub-buffer object) from an existing buffer object.
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<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="funcdef">
<a class="link" href="abstractDataTypes.html" target="pagedisplay">cl_mem</a> <strong class="fsfunc">clCreateSubBuffer</strong>
(</code>
<td><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="abstractDataTypes.html" target="pagedisplay">cl_mem</a> <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">buffer</var>, </td>
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<td> </td>
<td><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="enums.html#cl_mem_flags" target="pagedisplay">cl_mem_flags</a> <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">flags</var>, </td>
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<td><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="enums.html#cl_buffer_create_type" target="pagedisplay">cl_buffer_create_type</a> <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">buffer_create_type</var>, </td>
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<td>const <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="scalarDataTypes.html" target="pagedisplay">void</a> <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">*buffer_create_info</var>, </td>
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<td><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="scalarDataTypes.html" target="pagedisplay">cl_int</a> <var xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pdparam">*errcode_ret</var><code>)</code></td>
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<a id="parameters"></a>
<h2>Parameters</h2>
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<dt>
<span class="term">
<code class="varname">buffer</code>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>A valid buffer object and cannot be a sub-buffer object.</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<code class="varname">flags</code>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A bit-field that is used to specify allocation and
usage information about the sub-buffer memory object
being created and is described in the table below. If the
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_WRITE</code>, <code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_ONLY</code>
or <code class="constant">CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY</code> values are not
specified in <code class="varname">flags</code>, they are inherited
from the corresponding memory access qualifers associated with
<code class="varname">buffer</code>. The <code class="constant">CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR</code>,
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR</code> and
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR</code> values cannot
be specified in <code class="varname">flags</code> but are inherited
from the corresponding memory access qualifiers associated with
<code class="varname">buffer</code>. If <code class="constant">CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR</code>
is specified in the memory access qualifier values associated with
<code class="varname">buffer</code> it does not imply any additional copies
when the sub-buffer is created from <code class="varname">buffer</code>.
If the <code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_WRITE_ONLY</code>,
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_READ_ONLY</code> or
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_NO_ACCESS</code> values are not specified in
<code class="varname">flags</code>, they are inherited from the corresponding memory
access qualifiers associated with <code class="varname">buffer</code>.
</p>
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<colgroup>
<col align="left" class="col1" />
<col />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="left">cl_mem_flags</th>
<th align="left">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_WRITE</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
This flag specifies that the memory object will be read and written by a kernel. This
is the default.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag specifies that the memory object will be written but not read by
a kernel.
</p>
<p>
Reading from a buffer or image object created with
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY</code> inside a kernel is undefined.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_WRITE</code> and <code class="constant">CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY</code>
are mutually exclusive.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_ONLY</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag specifies that the memory object is a read-only memory object when
used inside a kernel.
</p>
<p>
Writing to a buffer or image object created with
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_ONLY</code> inside a kernel is undefined.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_WRITE</code> or <code class="constant">CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY</code>
and <code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_ONLY</code> are mutually exclusive.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag is valid only if <code class="varname">host_ptr</code> is not NULL. If
specified, it indicates that the application wants the OpenCL implementation
to use memory referenced by <code class="varname">host_ptr</code> as the storage bits
for the memory object.
</p>
<p>
OpenCL implementations are allowed to cache the buffer contents pointed to by
<code class="varname">host_ptr</code> in device memory. This cached copy can be used when
kernels are executed on a device.
</p>
<p>
The result of OpenCL commands that operate on multiple buffer objects created with
the same <code class="varname">host_ptr</code> or overlapping host regions is considered
to be undefined.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag specifies that the application wants the OpenCL implementation to
allocate memory from host accessible memory.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR</code> and
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR</code> are mutually exclusive.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag is valid only if <code class="varname">host_ptr</code> is not NULL. If specified,
it indicates that the application wants the OpenCL implementation to allocate
memory for the memory object and copy the data from memory referenced by
<code class="varname">host_ptr</code>.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR</code> and
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR</code> are mutually exclusive.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR</code> can be used with
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR</code> to initialize the contents of the
<span class="type">cl_mem</span> object allocated using host-accessible (e.g. PCIe) memory.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_WRITE_ONLY</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag specifies that the host will only write to the memory object (using
OpenCL APIs that enqueue a write or a map for write). This can be used to optimize
write access from the host (e.g. enable write-combined allocations for memory
objects for devices that communicate with the host over a system bus such as PCIe).
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_READ_ONLY</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag specifies that the host will only read the memory object (using OpenCL
APIs that enqueue a read or a map for read).
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_WRITE_ONLY</code> and
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_READ_ONLY</code> are mutually exclusive.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_NO_ACCESS</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
This flag specifies that the host will not read or write the memory object.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_WRITE_ONLY</code> or
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_READ_ONLY</code> and
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_NO_ACCESS</code> are mutually exclusive.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="varname">buffer_create_type</code> and <code class="varname">buffer_create_info</code></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Describes the type of buffer object to be created. The list of supported values
for <code class="varname">buffer_create_type</code> and corresponding descriptor that
<code class="varname">buffer_create_info</code> points to is described below.
</p>
<div class="informaltable">
<table border="1">
<colgroup>
<col align="left" class="col1" />
<col align="left" class="col2" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="left">cl_buffer_create_type</th>
<th align="left">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<code class="constant">CL_BUFFER_CREATE_TYPE_REGION</code>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p>
Create a buffer object that represents a specific region in
<code class="varname">buffer</code>.
</p>
<p>
<code class="varname">buffer_create_info</code> is a pointer to the following
structure:
</p>
<div class="literallayout"><p><br />
typedef struct _cl_buffer_region {<br />
    size_t origin;<br />
    size_t size;<br />
} cl_buffer_region;<br />
                          </p></div>
<p>
(<code class="varname">origin, size</code>) defines the offset and size in
bytes in <code class="varname">buffer</code>.
</p>
<p>
If <code class="varname">buffer</code> is created with
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR</code>, the <code class="varname">host_ptr</code>
associated with the buffer object returned is <code class="varname">host_ptr</code>
+ <code class="varname">origin</code>.
</p>
<p>
The buffer object returned references the data store allocated for
<code class="varname">buffer</code> and points to a specific region given by
(<code class="varname">origin, size</code>) in this data store.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is returned in
<code class="varname">errcode_ret</code> if the region specified by
(<code class="varname">origin, size</code>) is out of bounds in
<code class="varname">buffer</code>.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_INVALID_BUFFER_SIZE</code> if <code class="varname">size</code>
is 0.
</p>
<p>
<code class="constant">CL_MISALIGNED_SUB_BUFFER_OFFSET</code> is
returned in <code class="varname">errcode_ret</code> if there are no
devices in context associated with <code class="varname">buffer</code>
for which the <code class="varname">origin</code> value is aligned to the
<code class="constant">CL_DEVICE_MEM_BASE_ADDR_ALIGN</code> value.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</dd>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a id="notes"></a>
<h2>Notes</h2>
<p>
Concurrent reading from, writing to and copying between both a buffer object and
its sub-buffer object(s) is undefined. Concurrent reading from, writing to and
copying between overlapping sub-buffer objects created with the same buffer object
is undefined. Only reading from both a buffer object and its sub-buffer objects or
reading from multiple overlapping sub-buffer objects is defined.
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a id="errors"></a>
<h2>Errors</h2>
<p>
Returns <span class="errorname">CL_SUCCESS</span> if the function is executed
successfully. Otherwise, it
returns one of the following errors in <code class="varname">errcode_ret</code>
</p>
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<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_MEM_OBJECT</span> if <code class="varname">buffer</code> is not
a valid buffer object or is a sub-buffer object.
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_VALUE</span> if <code class="varname">buffer</code> was created
with <code class="constant">CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY</code> and <code class="varname">flags</code> specifies
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_WRITE</code> or <code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_ONLY</code>, or
if <code class="varname">buffer</code> was created with <code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_ONLY</code>
and <code class="varname">flags</code> specifies <code class="constant">CL_MEM_READ_WRITE</code>
or <code class="constant">CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY</code>, or if <code class="varname">flags</code>
specifies <code class="constant">CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR</code>
or <code class="constant">CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR</code> or
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR</code>.
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_VALUE</span> if <code class="varname">buffer</code> was created with
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_WRITE_ONLY</code> and <code class="varname">flags</code> specifies
<code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_READ_ONLY</code> or if <code class="varname">buffer</code>
was created with <code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_READ_ONLY</code> and
<code class="varname">flags</code> specifies <code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_WRITE_ONLY</code>, or if
<code class="varname">buffer</code> was created with <code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_NO_ACCESS</code>
and <code class="varname">flags</code> specifies <code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_READ_ONLY</code>
or <code class="constant">CL_MEM_HOST_WRITE_ONLY</code>.
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_VALUE</span> if value specified in
<code class="varname">buffer_create_type</code> is not valid.
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_VALUE</span> if value(s) specified
in <code class="varname">buffer_create_info</code> (for a given
<code class="varname">buffer_create_type</code>) is not valid or if
<code class="varname">buffer_create_info</code> is NULL.
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_BUFFER_SIZE</span> if size is 0.
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_MEM_OBJECT_ALLOCATION_FAILURE</span> if there is a failure to
allocate memory for sub-buffer object.
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><span class="errorname">CL_OUT_OF_RESOURCES</span> if there is a failure to allocate
resources required by the OpenCL implementation on the device.
</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.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a id="specification"></a>
<h2>Specification</h2>
<p>
<img src="pdficon_small1.gif" />
<a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/specs/opencl-2.1.pdf#page=107" target="OpenCL Spec">OpenCL Specification</a>
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a id="seealso"></a>
<h2>Also see</h2>
<p>
<a class="citerefentry" href="clCreateBuffer.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clCreateBuffer</span></span></a>,
<a class="citerefentry" href="clEnqueueReadBuffer.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clEnqueueReadBuffer</span></span></a>,
<a class="citerefentry" href="clEnqueueWriteBuffer.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clEnqueueWriteBuffer</span></span></a>,
<a class="citerefentry" href="clEnqueueCopyBuffer.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clEnqueueCopyBuffer</span></span></a>
</p>
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