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SYCL Open Source Specification

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The `image` entry of the `aspect` enum is highlighted Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1050 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 11, 2026
USM allocators doesn't define a maximum alignment guaranty Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1049 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2026
What does "using an off-the-shelf host compiler with no special support for SYCL" mean? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1045 · 6 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Explicit addition of `noexcept` for common functions Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1042 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 16, 2026
Formalize memory model Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1041 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Required Work Group size when bigger than size_t::max? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1028 · Opened Jul 9, 2026
`sycl::get_kernel_id<KernelName>()` cannot be implemented in strictly conforming C++ Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1026 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 4, 2026
Should `sycl::exception::what()` be noexcept? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1025 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2026
What is allocate USM Pointer Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1012 · Opened May 19, 2026
[Spec clarification] async_handler — is the std::function alias normative or illustrative? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1011 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 15, 2026
Can the container used to create a buffer be `const`? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1009 · 2 comments · Opened May 11, 2026
[SYCL Next] queue in-order by default? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1006 · 3 reactions · Opened May 5, 2026
Attribute based kernel naming Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1002 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 10, 2026
Vec should be depreacated? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1001 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 9, 2026
More about about Fix kernel argument definition for named function objects Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#1000 · Opened Apr 9, 2026
Image `get_acess` property_list or not? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#994 · Opened Apr 2, 2026
"nd_range" behavior unclear when local size is zero Open

clarification

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#993 · Opened Apr 2, 2026
sycl::vec::convert has no scalar equivalent Open

Move to KHR

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#981 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 25, 2026
[KHR Ext?] Execution location queries Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#966 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Host alocation atomoticty between devices Open

clarification

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#964 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 19, 2026
[KHR Ext] Device side timer (equivalent to OpenGL ARB_shader_clock) Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#958 · 15 comments · Opened Feb 12, 2026
Device preferred and native vector width seems to be missing `long long` data type Open

bug

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#914 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 12, 2025
Thread-safety Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#913 · Opened Sep 11, 2025
Do the types used for kernel name require external linkage? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#901 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 11, 2025
Remove implementation-defined generation of a kernel name type Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#900 · 9 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 8, 2025
Should `multi_ptr` with an address space be implicitly convertible to a generic pointer? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#894 · Opened Jul 30, 2025
Can multiple kernel name types be associated with the same kernel object type? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#893 · 13 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 22, 2025
Do we really need distinct image and buffer properties? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#892 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 22, 2025
Copying and Filling Zero Bytes Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#883 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 10, 2025
Clarify behaviour for using accessors outside commands Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#882 · Opened Jul 10, 2025
Why does `vec::operator[]` accept an `int` as element index? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#881 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 9, 2025
Are `fast_length()` and `fast_normalize()` deprecated? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#880 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 7, 2025
Comments in class synopses are inconsistent Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#878 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 7, 2025
Move kernel name forward declarability requirements to the reduced feature set Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#859 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 27, 2025
Are implementations required to provide implicit kernel names for kernel object types that are not forward declarable? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#858 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 27, 2025
Are forward declarable elaborated type specifiers used as kernel names correlated across scopes? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#857 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 26, 2025
Can the types used for kernel names be enumeration or union types? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#856 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 26, 2025
Can the types used for kernel names be fundamental or compound types? Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#855 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 26, 2025
Align `sycl::nan` with `std::nan` Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#842 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 6, 2025
Standardize printf Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#789 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 4, 2025
move make_kernel to backend Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#777 · Opened Mar 27, 2025
Canonical ordering for new format API definition paragraph headings Open

editorial

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#734 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2025
Usage of "Enumeration" in codeblock Open

editorial

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#710 · 8 comments · Opened Jan 31, 2025
Proposal to replace "3.2. Anatomy of a SYCL application" by a USM example Open

editorial

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#703 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 29, 2025
No consistancy style enforced in [code] Open

editorial

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#702 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 29, 2025
buffer::set_final_data *should* accept weak_ptr<T[]> Open

clarification

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#695 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 23, 2025
Return types of `logical_and` and `logical_or` don't match ISO C++ Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#646 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2024
Clarify behavior when wrong property is passed Open

clarification

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#643 · 12 comments · Opened Oct 16, 2024
Types in the `std` namespace do not need to be prohibited as kernel names due to forward declaration requirements Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#629 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 24, 2024
Clarify feature set Open

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KhronosGroup/SYCL-Docs#621 · Opened Sep 13, 2024

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