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Gallium ABI description

This chapter describes how kernel gets its argument, how access to constant data.

In this chapter, size is given in dwords. Dword is 4-byte value.

Argument passing

Arguments are stored in memory which address is stored in s[0:1]. Arguments begin from 9 dword. First 9 dwords are:

• 0-2 - number of groups for each dimension
• 3-5 - global size for each dimension
• 6-8 - local size for each dimension

An argument griddim holds number of dimensions. Argument gridoffset holds 3 values of the global offset.

Userdata tooks 4 first scalar registers and holds:

• s[0:1] - address to argument list and kernel setup
• s[2:3] - scratch address

Other data and resources

The section '.rodata' ('.globaldata') hold constant data for kernels. The constant data is placed after code of kernels. Use PC pointer to get this data.

Gallium ABI description AMDHSA

Argument passing

Arguments are stored in memory which address is stored in s[6:7]. Arguments begins from the first dword in this memory. After kernel arguments are kernel dimensions. List of data (number is dword offset after kernel arguments):

• 0 - number of dimensions
• 1-3 - global offsets for each dimensions

Local sizes and other kernel setup is in the memory which address is stored in s[4:5]. List of data (number is dword offset after kernel argument):

• 1 - low 16-bits is global local size for X dimension, higher 16-bits is for Y dimension
• 2 - low 16-bits is global size for Z dimension
• 3-5 - global size for each dimension

Userdata tooks 8 first scalar registers and holds:

• s[0:3] - scratch buffer resource
• s[4:5] - kernel setup
• s[6:7] - address to argument list and kernel dimensions and global offsets