OpenMP 17.0.0 Release Notes¶
Warning
These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 17.0.0 release. Release notes for previous releases can be found on the Download Page.
Introduction¶
This document contains the release notes for the OpenMP runtime, release 17.0.0. Here we describe the status of OpenMP, including major improvements from the previous release. All OpenMP releases may be downloaded from the LLVM releases web site.
Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release¶
Removed the “old” device plugins along with support for the
remote
andve
pluginsAdded basic experimental support for
libc
functions on the GPU via the LLVM C Library for GPUs.Added minimal support for calling host functions from the device using the
libc
interface, see this example.Fixed the implementation of
omp_get_wtime
for AMDGPU targets.Added vendor agnostic OMPT callback support for OpenMP-based device offload.