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identifier "cl_bitfield" is undefined

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Description

Summary

I got the above error when I tried to compile "vector-add-buffers.cpp" from the openmp-samples.

Version

2026.1

Environment

Windows

Steps to reproduce

Produce a Visual Studio solution with the supplied CMakeLists.txt of VectorAdd, and try to compile (inside Visual Studio).

Observed behavior

A lot of lines of the type: "identifier "cl_bitfield" is undefined" in cl.h. The first undefined is at cl.h line no. 48.

This is puzzling because cl.h contains the following lines:

40 typedef cl_ulong cl_bitfield;
typedef cl_ulong cl_properties;
typedef cl_bitfield cl_device_type;
typedef cl_uint cl_platform_info;
typedef cl_uint cl_device_info;
typedef cl_bitfield cl_device_fp_config;
typedef cl_uint cl_device_mem_cache_type;
typedef cl_uint cl_device_local_mem_type;
48 typedef cl_bitfield cl_device_exec_capabilities;

That is, "cl_bitfield" is defined before it is used.

Expected behavior

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure by generating the VectorAdd Visual Studio solution from its supplied CMakeLists.txt and compiling vector-add-buffers.cpp on Windows. Then inspect cl.h around lines 40–48 and the include setup to determine why cl_bitfield is reported undefined. Done means the sample compiles without those identifier errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cmake, cpp
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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