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Clarify cl_khr_kernel_clock vs. event profiling
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- Python
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- 420
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- 131
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Description
Clarify in the extension spec that the means of conveying time-dimensional meaning to the values returned by kernel clock is implementation/vendor specific. It is not guaranteed to coincide with values measured on the host by event profiling, even if those are documented to depend on timers running on the device.
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Research direction
Start with the cl_khr_kernel_clock extension spec and its discussion of event profiling. Clarify that the time-dimensional meaning of kernel-clock values is implementation/vendor specific and need not match host event-profiling measurements, even when device timers are involved; the spec text should make this distinction explicit.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100