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/* ========================================================================== HTML5 display definitions ========================================================================== */
/** Correct `block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, main, nav, section, summary { display: block; }

/** Correct `inline-block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */
audio, canvas, video { display: inline-block; }

/** Prevent modern browsers from displaying `audio` without controls. Remove excess height in iOS 5 devices. */
audio:not([controls]) { display: none; height: 0; }

/** Address `[hidden]` styling not present in IE 8/9. Hide the `template` element in IE, Safari, and Firefox < 22. */
[hidden], template { display: none; }

script { display: none !important; }

/* ========================================================================== Base ========================================================================== */
/** 1. Set default font family to sans-serif. 2. Prevent iOS text size adjust after orientation change, without disabling user zoom. */
html { font-family: sans-serif; /* 1 */ -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */ -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */ }

/** Remove default margin. */
body { margin: 0; }

/* ========================================================================== Links ========================================================================== */
/** Remove the gray background color from active links in IE 10. */
a { background: transparent; }

/** Address `outline` inconsistency between Chrome and other browsers. */
a:focus { outline: thin dotted; }

/** Improve readability when focused and also mouse hovered in all browsers. */
a:active, a:hover { outline: 0; }

/* ========================================================================== Typography ========================================================================== */
/** Address variable `h1` font-size and margin within `section` and `article` contexts in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
h1 { font-size: 2em; margin: 0.67em 0; }

/** Address styling not present in IE 8/9, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
abbr[title] { border-bottom: 1px dotted; }

/** Address style set to `bolder` in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
b, strong { font-weight: bold; }

/** Address styling not present in Safari 5 and Chrome. */
dfn { font-style: italic; }

/** Address differences between Firefox and other browsers. */
hr { -moz-box-sizing: content-box; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0; }

/** Address styling not present in IE 8/9. */
mark { background: #ff0; color: #000; }

/** Correct font family set oddly in Safari 5 and Chrome. */
code, kbd, pre, samp { font-family: monospace, serif; font-size: 1em; }

/** Improve readability of pre-formatted text in all browsers. */
pre { white-space: pre-wrap; }

/** Set consistent quote types. */
q { quotes: "\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019"; }

/** Address inconsistent and variable font size in all browsers. */
small { font-size: 80%; }

/** Prevent `sub` and `sup` affecting `line-height` in all browsers. */
sub, sup { font-size: 75%; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; }

sup { top: -0.5em; }

sub { bottom: -0.25em; }

/* ========================================================================== Embedded content ========================================================================== */
/** Remove border when inside `a` element in IE 8/9. */
img { border: 0; }

/** Correct overflow displayed oddly in IE 9. */
svg:not(:root) { overflow: hidden; }

/* ========================================================================== Figures ========================================================================== */
/** Address margin not present in IE 8/9 and Safari 5. */
figure { margin: 0; }

/* ========================================================================== Forms ========================================================================== */
/** Define consistent border, margin, and padding. */
fieldset { border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; margin: 0 2px; padding: 0.35em 0.625em 0.75em; }

/** 1. Correct `color` not being inherited in IE 8/9. 2. Remove padding so people aren't caught out if they zero out fieldsets. */
legend { border: 0; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */ }

/** 1. Correct font family not being inherited in all browsers. 2. Correct font size not being inherited in all browsers. 3. Address margins set differently in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
button, input, select, textarea { font-family: inherit; /* 1 */ font-size: 100%; /* 2 */ margin: 0; /* 3 */ }

/** Address Firefox 4+ setting `line-height` on `input` using `!important` in the UA stylesheet. */
button, input { line-height: normal; }

/** Address inconsistent `text-transform` inheritance for `button` and `select`. All other form control elements do not inherit `text-transform` values. Correct `button` style inheritance in Chrome, Safari 5+, and IE 8+. Correct `select` style inheritance in Firefox 4+ and Opera. */
button, select { text-transform: none; }

/** 1. Avoid the WebKit bug in Android 4.0.* where (2) destroys native `audio` and `video` controls. 2. Correct inability to style clickable `input` types in iOS. 3. Improve usability and consistency of cursor style between image-type `input` and others. */
button, html input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] { -webkit-appearance: button; /* 2 */ cursor: pointer; /* 3 */ }

/** Re-set default cursor for disabled elements. */
button[disabled], html input[disabled] { cursor: default; }

/** 1. Address box sizing set to `content-box` in IE 8/9. 2. Remove excess padding in IE 8/9. */
input[type="checkbox"], input[type="radio"] { box-sizing: border-box; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */ }

/** 1. Address `appearance` set to `searchfield` in Safari 5 and Chrome. 2. Address `box-sizing` set to `border-box` in Safari 5 and Chrome (include `-moz` to future-proof). */
input[type="search"] { -webkit-appearance: textfield; /* 1 */ -moz-box-sizing: content-box; -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; /* 2 */ box-sizing: content-box; }

/** Remove inner padding and search cancel button in Safari 5 and Chrome on OS X. */
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button, input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration { -webkit-appearance: none; }

/** Remove inner padding and border in Firefox 4+. */
button::-moz-focus-inner, input::-moz-focus-inner { border: 0; padding: 0; }

/** 1. Remove default vertical scrollbar in IE 8/9. 2. Improve readability and alignment in all browsers. */
textarea { overflow: auto; /* 1 */ vertical-align: top; /* 2 */ }

/* ========================================================================== Tables ========================================================================== */
/** Remove most spacing between table cells. */
table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; }

meta.foundation-mq-small { font-family: "only screen and (min-width: 768px)"; width: 768px; }

meta.foundation-mq-medium { font-family: "only screen and (min-width:1280px)"; width: 1280px; }

meta.foundation-mq-large { font-family: "only screen and (min-width:1440px)"; width: 1440px; }

*, *:before, *:after { -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }

html, body { font-size: 100%; }

body { background: white; color: #222222; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; line-height: 1; position: relative; cursor: auto; }

a:hover { cursor: pointer; }

img, object, embed { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }

object, embed { height: 100%; }

img { -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; }

#map_canvas img, #map_canvas embed, #map_canvas object, .map_canvas img, .map_canvas embed, .map_canvas object { max-width: none !important; }

.left { float: left !important; }

.right { float: right !important; }

.text-left { text-align: left !important; }

.text-right { text-align: right !important; }

.text-center { text-align: center !important; }

.text-justify { text-align: justify !important; }

.hide { display: none; }

.antialiased { -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; }

img { display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; }

textarea { height: auto; min-height: 50px; }

select { width: 100%; }

object, svg { display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; }

.center { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }

.spread { width: 100%; }

p.lead, .paragraph.lead > p, #preamble > .sectionbody > .paragraph:first-of-type p { font-size: 1.21875em; line-height: 1.6; }

.subheader, .admonitionblock td.content > .title, .audioblock > .title, .exampleblock > .title, .imageblock > .title, .listingblock > .title, .literalblock > .title, .stemblock > .title, .openblock > .title, .paragraph > .title, .quoteblock > .title, table.tableblock > .title, .verseblock > .title, .videoblock > .title, .dlist > .title, .olist > .title, .ulist > .title, .qlist > .title, .hdlist > .title { line-height: 1.4; color: black; font-weight: 300; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; }

/* Typography resets */
div, dl, dt, dd, ul, ol, li, h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6, pre, form, p, blockquote, th, td { margin: 0; padding: 0; direction: ltr; }

/* Default Link Styles */
a { color: #0068b0; text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; }
a:hover, a:focus { color: #333333; }
a img { border: none; }

/* Default paragraph styles */
p { font-family: Noto, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.75em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; }
p aside { font-size: 0.875em; line-height: 1.35; font-style: italic; }

/* Default header styles */
h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: Noto, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: black; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2125em; }
h1 small, h2 small, h3 small, #toctitle small, .sidebarblock > .content > .title small, h4 small, h5 small, h6 small { font-size: 60%; color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 0; }

h1 { font-size: 2.125em; }

h2 { font-size: 1.6875em; }

h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title { font-size: 1.375em; }

h4 { font-size: 1.125em; }

h5 { font-size: 1.125em; }

h6 { font-size: 1em; }

hr { border: solid #dddddd; border-width: 1px 0 0; clear: both; margin: 1.25em 0 1.1875em; height: 0; }

/* Helpful Typography Defaults */
em, i { font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; }

strong, b { font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; }

small { font-size: 60%; line-height: inherit; }

code { font-family: Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Courier, monospace; font-weight: normal; color: #264357; }

/* Lists */
ul, ol, dl { font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.75em; list-style-position: outside; font-family: Noto, sans-serif; }

ul, ol { margin-left: 1.5em; }
ul.no-bullet, ol.no-bullet { margin-left: 1.5em; }

/* Unordered Lists */
ul li ul, ul li ol { margin-left: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 1em; /* Override nested font-size change */ }
ul.square li ul, ul.circle li ul, ul.disc li ul { list-style: inherit; }
ul.square { list-style-type: square; }
ul.circle { list-style-type: circle; }
ul.disc { list-style-type: disc; }
ul.no-bullet { list-style: none; }

/* Ordered Lists */
ol li ul, ol li ol { margin-left: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0; }

/* Definition Lists */
dl dt { margin-bottom: 0.3em; font-weight: bold; }
dl dd { margin-bottom: 0.75em; }

/* Abbreviations */
abbr, acronym { text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 90%; color: black; border-bottom: 1px dotted #dddddd; cursor: help; }

abbr { text-transform: none; }

/* Blockquotes */
blockquote { margin: 0 0 0.75em; padding: 0.5625em 1.25em 0 1.1875em; border-left: 1px solid #dddddd; }
blockquote cite { display: block; font-size: 0.8125em; color: #5e93b8; }
blockquote cite:before { content: "\2014 \0020"; }
blockquote cite a, blockquote cite a:visited { color: #5e93b8; }

blockquote, blockquote p { line-height: 1.6; color: #333333; }

/* Microformats */
.vcard { display: inline-block; margin: 0 0 1.25em 0; border: 1px solid #dddddd; padding: 0.625em 0.75em; }
.vcard li { margin: 0; display: block; }
.vcard .fn { font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9375em; }

.vevent .summary { font-weight: bold; }
.vevent abbr { cursor: auto; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; border: none; padding: 0 0.0625em; }

@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6 { line-height: 1.4; }
  h1 { font-size: 2.75em; }
  h2 { font-size: 2.3125em; }
  h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title { font-size: 1.6875em; }
  h4 { font-size: 1.4375em; } }
/* Tables */
table { background: white; margin-bottom: 1.25em; border: solid 1px #d8d8ce; }
table thead, table tfoot { background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #add386, #90b66a); font-weight: bold; }
table thead tr th, table thead tr td, table tfoot tr th, table tfoot tr td { padding: 0.5em 0.625em 0.625em; font-size: inherit; color: white; text-align: left; }
table tr th, table tr td { padding: 0.5625em 0.625em; font-size: inherit; color: #6d6e71; }
table tr.even, table tr.alt, table tr:nth-of-type(even) { background: #edf2f2; }
table thead tr th, table tfoot tr th, table tbody tr td, table tr td, table tfoot tr td { display: table-cell; line-height: 1.4; }

body { -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; tab-size: 4; }

h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6 { line-height: 1.4; }

a:hover, a:focus { text-decoration: underline; }

.clearfix:before, .clearfix:after, .float-group:before, .float-group:after { content: " "; display: table; }
.clearfix:after, .float-group:after { clear: both; }

*:not(pre) > code { font-size: inherit; font-style: normal !important; letter-spacing: 0; padding: 0; background-color: white; -webkit-border-radius: 0; border-radius: 0; line-height: inherit; word-wrap: break-word; }
*:not(pre) > code.nobreak { word-wrap: normal; }
*:not(pre) > code.nowrap { white-space: nowrap; }

pre, pre > code { line-height: 1.6; color: #264357; font-family: Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Courier, monospace; font-weight: normal; }

em em { font-style: normal; }

strong strong { font-weight: normal; }

.keyseq { color: #333333; }

kbd { font-family: Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Courier, monospace; display: inline-block; color: black; font-size: 0.65em; line-height: 1.45; background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 1px solid #ccc; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 0 0 0.1em white inset; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 0 0 0.1em white inset; margin: 0 0.15em; padding: 0.2em 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; position: relative; top: -0.1em; white-space: nowrap; }

.keyseq kbd:first-child { margin-left: 0; }

.keyseq kbd:last-child { margin-right: 0; }

.menuseq, .menuref { color: #000; }

.menuseq b:not(.caret), .menuref { font-weight: inherit; }

.menuseq { word-spacing: -0.02em; }
.menuseq b.caret { font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 0.8; }
.menuseq i.caret { font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 0.45em; }

b.button:before, b.button:after { position: relative; top: -1px; font-weight: normal; }

b.button:before { content: "["; padding: 0 3px 0 2px; }

b.button:after { content: "]"; padding: 0 2px 0 3px; }

#header, #content, #footnotes, #footer { width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 62.5em; *zoom: 1; position: relative; padding-left: 1.5em; padding-right: 1.5em; }
#header:before, #header:after, #content:before, #content:after, #footnotes:before, #footnotes:after, #footer:before, #footer:after { content: " "; display: table; }
#header:after, #content:after, #footnotes:after, #footer:after { clear: both; }

#content { margin-top: 1.25em; }

#content:before { content: none; }

#header > h1:first-child { color: black; margin-top: 2.25rem; margin-bottom: 0; }
#header > h1:first-child + #toc { margin-top: 8px; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; }
#header > h1:only-child, body.toc2 #header > h1:nth-last-child(2) { border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; padding-bottom: 8px; }
#header .details { border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; line-height: 1.45; padding-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0.25em; color: #5e93b8; display: -ms-flexbox; display: -webkit-flex; display: flex; -ms-flex-flow: row wrap; -webkit-flex-flow: row wrap; flex-flow: row wrap; }
#header .details span:first-child { margin-left: -0.125em; }
#header .details span.email a { color: #333333; }
#header .details br { display: none; }
#header .details br + span:before { content: "\00a0\2013\00a0"; }
#header .details br + span.author:before { content: "\00a0\22c5\00a0"; color: #333333; }
#header .details br + span#revremark:before { content: "\00a0|\00a0"; }
#header #revnumber { text-transform: capitalize; }
#header #revnumber:after { content: "\00a0"; }

#content > h1:first-child:not([class]) { color: black; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; padding-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 0; padding-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; }

#toc { border-bottom: 0 solid #dddddd; padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
#toc > ul { margin-left: 0.125em; }
#toc ul.sectlevel0 > li > a { font-style: italic; }
#toc ul.sectlevel0 ul.sectlevel1 { margin: 0.5em 0; }
#toc ul { font-family: Noto, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; }
#toc li { line-height: 1.3334; margin-top: 0.3334em; }
#toc a { text-decoration: none; }
#toc a:active { text-decoration: underline; }

#toctitle { color: black; font-size: 1.2em; }

@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { #toctitle { font-size: 1.375em; }
  body.toc2 { padding-left: 15em; padding-right: 0; }
  #toc.toc2 { margin-top: 0 !important; background-color: white; position: fixed; width: 15em; left: 0; top: 0; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; border-top-width: 0 !important; border-bottom-width: 0 !important; z-index: 1000; padding: 1.25em 1em; height: 100%; overflow: auto; }
  #toc.toc2 #toctitle { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0.8rem; font-size: 1.2em; }
  #toc.toc2 > ul { font-size: 0.9em; margin-bottom: 0; }
  #toc.toc2 ul ul { margin-left: 0; padding-left: 1em; }
  #toc.toc2 ul.sectlevel0 ul.sectlevel1 { padding-left: 0; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
  body.toc2.toc-right { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 15em; }
  body.toc2.toc-right #toc.toc2 { border-right-width: 0; border-left: 1px solid #dddddd; left: auto; right: 0; } }
@media only screen and (min-width: 1280px) { body.toc2 { padding-left: 20em; padding-right: 0; }
  #toc.toc2 { width: 20em; }
  #toc.toc2 #toctitle { font-size: 1.375em; }
  #toc.toc2 > ul { font-size: 0.95em; }
  #toc.toc2 ul ul { padding-left: 1.25em; }
  body.toc2.toc-right { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 20em; } }
#content #toc { border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #e6e6e6; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 1.25em; background: white; -webkit-border-radius: 0; border-radius: 0; }
#content #toc > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
#content #toc > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

#footer { max-width: 100%; background-color: none; padding: 1.25em; }

#footer-text { color: black; line-height: 1.44; }

#content { margin-bottom: 0.625em; }

.sect1 { padding-bottom: 0.625em; }

@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { #content { margin-bottom: 1.25em; }
  .sect1 { padding-bottom: 1.25em; } }
.sect1:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }

.sect1 + .sect1 { border-top: 0 solid #dddddd; }

#content h1 > a.anchor, h2 > a.anchor, h3 > a.anchor, #toctitle > a.anchor, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.anchor, h4 > a.anchor, h5 > a.anchor, h6 > a.anchor { position: absolute; z-index: 1001; width: 1.5ex; margin-left: -1.5ex; display: block; text-decoration: none !important; visibility: hidden; text-align: center; font-weight: normal; }
#content h1 > a.anchor:before, h2 > a.anchor:before, h3 > a.anchor:before, #toctitle > a.anchor:before, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.anchor:before, h4 > a.anchor:before, h5 > a.anchor:before, h6 > a.anchor:before { content: "\00A7"; font-size: 0.85em; display: block; padding-top: 0.1em; }
#content h1:hover > a.anchor, #content h1 > a.anchor:hover, h2:hover > a.anchor, h2 > a.anchor:hover, h3:hover > a.anchor, #toctitle:hover > a.anchor, .sidebarblock > .content > .title:hover > a.anchor, h3 > a.anchor:hover, #toctitle > a.anchor:hover, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.anchor:hover, h4:hover > a.anchor, h4 > a.anchor:hover, h5:hover > a.anchor, h5 > a.anchor:hover, h6:hover > a.anchor, h6 > a.anchor:hover { visibility: visible; }
#content h1 > a.link, h2 > a.link, h3 > a.link, #toctitle > a.link, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.link, h4 > a.link, h5 > a.link, h6 > a.link { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
#content h1 > a.link:hover, h2 > a.link:hover, h3 > a.link:hover, #toctitle > a.link:hover, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.link:hover, h4 > a.link:hover, h5 > a.link:hover, h6 > a.link:hover { color: black; }

.audioblock, .imageblock, .literalblock, .listingblock, .stemblock, .videoblock { margin-bottom: 1.25em; }

.admonitionblock td.content > .title, .audioblock > .title, .exampleblock > .title, .imageblock > .title, .listingblock > .title, .literalblock > .title, .stemblock > .title, .openblock > .title, .paragraph > .title, .quoteblock > .title, table.tableblock > .title, .verseblock > .title, .videoblock > .title, .dlist > .title, .olist > .title, .ulist > .title, .qlist > .title, .hdlist > .title { text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-align: left; }

table.tableblock > caption.title { white-space: nowrap; overflow: visible; max-width: 0; }

.paragraph.lead > p, #preamble > .sectionbody > .paragraph:first-of-type p { color: black; }

table.tableblock #preamble > .sectionbody > .paragraph:first-of-type p { font-size: inherit; }

.admonitionblock > table { border-collapse: separate; border: 0; background: none; width: 100%; }
.admonitionblock > table td.icon { text-align: center; width: 80px; }
.admonitionblock > table td.icon img { max-width: initial; }
.admonitionblock > table td.icon .title { font-weight: bold; font-family: Noto, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; }
.admonitionblock > table td.content { padding-left: 1.125em; padding-right: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid #dddddd; color: #5e93b8; }
.admonitionblock > table td.content > :last-child > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

.exampleblock > .content { border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #e6e6e6; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 1.25em; background: white; -webkit-border-radius: 0; border-radius: 0; }
.exampleblock > .content > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.exampleblock > .content > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

.sidebarblock { border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #e6e6e6; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 1.25em; background: white; -webkit-border-radius: 0; border-radius: 0; }
.sidebarblock > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
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<h1>clCreateBuffer(3) Manual Page</h1>
<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<p>clCreateBuffer - Creates a buffer object.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_c_specification">C Specification</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>A <strong>buffer object</strong> is created using the following function</p>
</div>
<div id="clCreateBuffer" class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-c++" data-lang="c++">cl_mem clCreateBuffer(
    cl_context context,
    cl_mem_flags flags,
    size_t size,
    void* host_ptr,
    cl_int* errcode_ret);</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_parameters">Parameters</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><em>context</em> is a valid OpenCL context used to create the buffer object.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>flags</em> is a bit-field that is used to specify allocation and usage
information such as the memory arena that should be used to allocate the
buffer object and how it will be used.
The <a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenCL/specs/2.2/html/OpenCL_API.html#memory-flags-table" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memory Flags</a> table describes the possible values
for <em>flags</em>.
If the value specified for <em>flags</em> is 0, the default is used which is
<code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;WRITE</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>size</em> is the size in bytes of the buffer memory object to be allocated.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><em>host_ptr</em> is a pointer to the buffer data that may already be allocated
by the application.
The size of the buffer that <em>host_ptr</em> points to must be ≥ <em>size</em>
bytes.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<table id="memory-flags-table" class="tableblock frame-all grid-all stretch">
<caption class="title">Table 1. List of supported memory flag values</caption>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 50%;">
<col style="width: 50%;">
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><strong>cl_mem_flags</strong></th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;WRITE</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag specifies that the memory object will be read
    and written by a kernel.
    This is the default.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;WRITE_&#8203;ONLY</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag specifies that the memory object will be
    written but not read by a kernel.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    Reading from a buffer or image object created with <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;WRITE_&#8203;ONLY</code>
    inside a kernel is undefined.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;WRITE</code> and <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;WRITE_&#8203;ONLY</code> are mutually exclusive.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;ONLY</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag specifies that the memory object is a
    readonly memory object when used inside a kernel.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    Writing to a buffer or image object created with <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;ONLY</code> inside
    a kernel is undefined.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;WRITE</code> or <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;WRITE_&#8203;ONLY</code> and <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;ONLY</code> are mutually
    exclusive.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag is valid only if host_ptr is not <code>NULL</code>.
    If specified, it indicates that the application wants the OpenCL
    implementation to use memory referenced by host_ptr as the storage bits
    for the memory object.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    The contents of the memory pointed to by host_ptr at the time of the
    <strong>clCreateBuffer</strong> call define the initial contents of the buffer object.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    OpenCL implementations are allowed to cache the buffer contents pointed
    to by host_ptr in device memory.
    This cached copy can be used when kernels are executed on a device.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    The result of OpenCL commands that operate on multiple buffer objects
    created with the same host_ptr or from overlapping host or SVM regions
    is considered to be undefined.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;ALLOC_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag specifies that the application wants the OpenCL implementation
    to allocate memory from host accessible memory.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;ALLOC_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> and <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> are mutually exclusive.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;COPY_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag is valid only if host_ptr is not <code>NULL</code>.
    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 host_ptr.
    The implementation will copy the memory immediately and host_ptr is
    available for reuse by the application when the <strong>clCreateBuffer</strong>,
    <strong>clCreateImage</strong>, <strong>clCreateImage2D</strong> or <strong>clCreateImage3D</strong> operation returns.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;COPY_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> and <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> are mutually exclusive.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;COPY_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> can be used with <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;ALLOC_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> to
    initialize the contents of the cl_mem object allocated using
    host-accessible (e.g. PCIe) memory.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;WRITE_&#8203;ONLY</code></p>
<p class="tableblock"><a href="#unified-spec">Missing before</a> version 1.2.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">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 class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;READ_&#8203;ONLY</code></p>
<p class="tableblock"><a href="#unified-spec">Missing before</a> version 1.2.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">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 class="tableblock">    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;WRITE_&#8203;ONLY</code> and <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;READ_&#8203;ONLY</code> are mutually exclusive.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;NO_&#8203;ACCESS</code></p>
<p class="tableblock"><a href="#unified-spec">Missing before</a> version 1.2.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag specifies that the host will not read or
    write the memory object.</p>
<p class="tableblock">    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;WRITE_&#8203;ONLY</code> or <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;READ_&#8203;ONLY</code> and
    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;NO_&#8203;ACCESS</code> are mutually exclusive.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;KERNEL_&#8203;READ_&#8203;AND_&#8203;WRITE</code></p>
<p class="tableblock"><a href="#unified-spec">Missing before</a> version 2.0.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This flag is only used by <strong>clGetSupportedImageFormats</strong> to query image
    formats that may be both read from and written to by the same kernel
    instance.
    To create a memory object that may be read from and written to use
    <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;READ_&#8203;WRITE</code>.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The user is responsible for ensuring that data passed into and out of OpenCL
images are natively aligned relative to the start of the buffer as per
kernel language or IL requirements.
OpenCL buffers created with <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> need to provide an
appropriately aligned host memory pointer that is aligned to the data types
used to access these buffers in a kernel(s).</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p><em>errcode_ret</em> will return an appropriate error code.
If <em>errcode_ret</em> is <code>NULL</code>, no error code is returned.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If <strong>clCreateBuffer</strong> is called with <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> set in its <em>flags</em>
argument, the contents of the memory pointed to by <em>host_ptr</em> at the time
of the <strong>clCreateBuffer</strong> call define the initial contents of the
buffer object.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If <strong>clCreateBuffer</strong> is called with a pointer returned by <strong>clSVMAlloc</strong> as its
<em>host_ptr</em> argument, and <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> is set in its <em>flags</em> argument,
<strong>clCreateBuffer</strong> will succeed and return a valid non-zero buffer object as
long as the <em>size</em> argument to <strong>clCreateBuffer</strong> is no larger than the <em>size</em>
argument passed in the original <strong>clSVMAlloc</strong> call.
The new buffer object returned has the shared memory as the underlying
storage.
Locations in the buffers underlying shared memory can be operated on using
atomic operations to the devices level of support as defined in the memory
model.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p><strong>clCreateBuffer</strong> returns a valid non-zero buffer object and <em>errcode_ret</em> is
set to <code>CL_&#8203;SUCCESS</code> if the buffer object is created successfully.
Otherwise, it returns a <code>NULL</code> value with one of the following error values
returned in <em>errcode_ret</em>:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>CL_&#8203;INVALID_&#8203;CONTEXT</code> if <em>context</em> is not a valid context.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>CL_&#8203;INVALID_&#8203;VALUE</code> if values specified in <em>flags</em> are not valid as defined
in the <a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenCL/specs/2.2/html/OpenCL_API.html#memory-flags-table" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memory Flags</a> table.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>CL_&#8203;INVALID_&#8203;BUFFER_&#8203;SIZE</code> if <em>size</em> is 0<sup>4</sup>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>CL_&#8203;INVALID_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> if <em>host_ptr</em> is <code>NULL</code> and <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> or
<code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;COPY_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> are set in <em>flags</em> or if <em>host_ptr</em> is not <code>NULL</code>
but <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;COPY_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> or <code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;USE_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;PTR</code> are not set in <em>flags</em>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>CL_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;OBJECT_&#8203;ALLOCATION_&#8203;FAILURE</code> if there is a failure to allocate
memory for buffer object.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>CL_&#8203;OUT_&#8203;OF_&#8203;RESOURCES</code> if there is a failure to allocate resources required
by the OpenCL implementation on the device.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>CL_&#8203;OUT_&#8203;OF_&#8203;HOST_&#8203;MEMORY</code> if there is a failure to allocate resources
required by the OpenCL implementation on the host.</p>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">4</dt>
<dd>
<p>Implementations may return <code>CL_&#8203;INVALID_&#8203;BUFFER_&#8203;SIZE</code> if size is greater
than <code>CL_&#8203;DEVICE_&#8203;MAX_&#8203;MEM_&#8203;ALLOC_&#8203;SIZE</code> value specified in the
<a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenCL/specs/2.2/html/OpenCL_API.html#device-queries-table" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Device Queries</a> table for all devices in
context.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_see_also">See Also</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p><a href="cl_context.html">cl_context</a>, <a href="cl_int.html">cl_int</a>, <a href="cl_mem_flags.html">cl_mem_flags</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_document_notes">Document Notes</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For more information, see the <a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenCL/specs/2.2/html/OpenCL_API.html#clCreateBuffer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenCL Specification</a></p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>This page is extracted from the OpenCL Specification.
Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.</p>
</div>
</div>
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