Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #13152: nvcc Error: Boost 1.64.0 & CUDA 9.0

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Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:46:13 GMT

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a.huebl@… — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:10:34 GMT

migrated comment from github:

ouch, it might be worth opening a CUDA bug report as long as CUDA 9 is still in RC! (What's your exact nvcc version? 9.0.69?)

deprecating and removing this var are two things, this change in the header goes straight to "unannounced removal".

for the boost fix: is {{CUDACC_VER_MAJOR/MINOR/BUILD}} also available since CUDA 7.5? (I think yes.)

a.huebl@… — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:16:04 GMT

Are you sure you are using the official CUDA 9 RC (9.0.69) and not an older, early-access version? Or already a further update available since last week, 9.0.103?

a.huebl@… — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:40:43 GMT

The issue appeared in the 2nd RC, CUDA 9.0.103.

the OP and me opened tickets with nvidia in

https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia_bug/1971621 https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia_bug/1971623

and are hoping the the define will be "deprecated" first for a release, so not all previous and current boost releases are rendered broken.

anonymous — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 06:24:00 GMT

Was this error resolved somehow?

anonymous — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 10:33:14 GMT

Is there any update on the issue? CUDA 9.0 is out, and no changes from the RC, it is still not working, NVIDIA as always avoiding dealing with issues. Is there a fix planned for this? I had to go back to an older version in order to be able to compile Caffe...

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sean.happel@… — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:10:10 GMT

attachment → boost.patch

Potential patch

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sean.happel@… — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:10:27 GMT

attachment → main.cu

Example test code (fails to compile without patch)

sean.happel@… — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:14:42 GMT

I've just attached a potential patch, along with a short test program to showcase the bug. This is affecting multiple libraries, including caffe and tensorflow. Fedora 27 has centered on Boost 1.64, so this issue affects that distro's ability to do cuda development with the latest cuda version. I've submitted a bug request there <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530828> requesting the patch be applied downstream, but it would be really nice if this could be fixed in a hotfix for boost itself.

This link <https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/858355/cuda_version-in-7-5rc-and-taking-different-code-paths-depending-on-nvcc-version-and-or-c-11-suppor/> indicates that the MAJOR/MINOR macros have been available since at least CUDA 7.5, so I think the patch should be a drop-in replacement.

a.huebl@… — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:56:13 GMT

This issue is fixed for Boost 1.65.1+

Please see: https://github.com/boostorg/config/pull/175

Unfortunately, the define to an error in nvcc / the CUDA toolkit was not changed in the final release of CUDA 9.0... so you have to take a newer version of boost or patch your old release with the same diff as linked.

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John Maddock — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:46:39 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed