CLBufferCreate

Creates an OpenCL buffer and returns its handle.

int  CLBufferCreate(
   int   context,     // Handle to an OpenCL context
   uint  size,        // Buffer size
   uint  flags        // Flags combination which specify properties of OpenCL buffer
   );

Parameters

context

[in] A handle to context OpenCL.

size

[in] Buffer size in bytes.

flags

[in] Buffer properties that are set using a combination of flags: CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY, CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR.

Return Value

A handle to an OpenCL buffer if successful. In case of error -1 is returned. For information about the error, use the GetLastError() function.

Note

At the moment, the following error codes are used:

• ERR_OPENCL_INVALID_HANDLE - invalid handle to OpenCL context.
• ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY – insufficient memory.
• ERR_OPENCL_BUFFER_CREATE – internal error creating buffers.