[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] Update GPU documentation pages (PR #84076)

[Joseph Huber via libc-commits]

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+.. _libc_gpu_building:
+
+======================
+Building libs for GPUs
+======================
+
+.. contents:: Table of Contents
+  :depth: 4
+  :local:
+
+Building the GPU C library
+==========================
+
+This document will present recipes to build the LLVM C library targeting a GPU 
+architecture. The GPU build uses the same :ref:`cross build<full_cross_build>` 
+support as the other targets. However, the GPU target has the restriction that 
+it *must* be built with an up-to-date ``clang`` compiler. This is because the 
+GPU target uses several compiler extensions to target GPU architectures.
+
+The LLVM C library currently supports two GPU targets. This is either 
+``nvptx64-nvidia-cuda`` for NVIDIA GPUs or ``amdgcn-amd-amdhsa`` for AMD GPUs. 
+Targeting these architectures is done through ``clang``'s cross-compiling 
+support using the ``--target=<triple>`` flag. The following sections will 
+describe how to build the GPU support specifically.
+
+Once you have finished building, refer to :ref:`libc_gpu_usage` to get started 
+with the newly built C library.
+
+Standard runtimes build
+-----------------------
+
+The simplest way to build the GPU libc is to use the existing LLVM runtimes 
+support. This will automatically handle bootstrapping an up-to-date ``clang`` 
+compiler and using it to build the C library. The following CMake invocation 
+will instruct it to build the ``libc`` runtime targeting both AMD and NVIDIA 
+GPUs.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  $> cd llvm-project  # The llvm-project checkout
+  $> mkdir build
+  $> cd build
+  $> cmake ../llvm -G Ninja                                                 \
+     -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lld;compiler-rt"                         \
+     -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="openmp"                                        \
+     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<Debug|Release>   \ # Select build type
+     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<PATH>        \ # Where the libraries will live
+     -DRUNTIMES_nvptx64-nvidia-cuda_LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES=libc               \
+     -DRUNTIMES_amdgcn-amd-amdhsa_LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES=libc                 \
+     -DLLVM_RUNTIME_TARGETS=default;amdgcn-amd-amdhsa;nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
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jhuber6 wrote:

Good point

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/84076