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CMake Options

A Thrust build is configured using CMake options. These may be passed to CMake using

cmake -D<option_name>=<value> /path/to/thrust/sources

or configured interactively with the ccmake or cmake-gui interfaces.

Thrust supports two build modes. By default, a single configuration is built that targets a specific host system, device system, and C++ dialect. When THRUST_ENABLE_MULTICONFIG is ON, multiple configurations targeting a variety of systems and dialects are generated.

The CMake options are divided into these categories:

  1. Generic CMake Options: Options applicable to all Thrust builds.
  2. Single Config CMake Options Options applicable only when THRUST_ENABLE_MULTICONFIG is disabled.
  3. Multi Config CMake Options Options applicable only when THRUST_ENABLE_MULTICONFIG is enabled.
  4. CUDA Specific CMake Options Options that control CUDA compilation. Only available when one or more configurations targets the CUDA system.
  5. TBB Specific CMake Options Options that control TBB compilation. Only available when one or more configurations targets the TBB system.

Generic CMake Options

  • CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo, MinSizeRel}
    • Standard CMake build option. Default: RelWithDebInfo
  • THRUST_ENABLE_HEADER_TESTING={ON, OFF}
    • Whether to test compile public headers. Default is ON.
  • THRUST_ENABLE_TESTING={ON, OFF}
    • Whether to build unit tests. Default is ON.
  • THRUST_ENABLE_EXAMPLES={ON, OFF}
    • Whether to build examples. Default is ON.
  • THRUST_ENABLE_MULTICONFIG={ON, OFF}
    • Toggles single-config and multi-config modes. Default is OFF (single config).
  • THRUST_ENABLE_EXAMPLE_FILECHECK={ON, OFF}
    • Enable validation of example outputs using the LLVM FileCheck utility. Default is OFF.
  • THRUST_ENABLE_INSTALL_RULES={ON, OFF}
    • If true, installation rules will be generated for thrust. Default is ON.

Single Config CMake Options

  • THRUST_HOST_SYSTEM={CPP, TBB, OMP}
    • Selects the host system. Default: CPP
  • THRUST_DEVICE_SYSTEM={CUDA, TBB, OMP, CPP}
    • Selects the device system. Default: CUDA
  • THRUST_CPP_DIALECT={11, 14, 17}
    • Selects the C++ standard dialect to use. Default is 14 (C++14).

Multi Config CMake Options

  • THRUST_MULTICONFIG_ENABLE_DIALECT_CPPXX={ON, OFF}
    • Toggle whether a specific C++ dialect will be targeted.
    • Possible values of XX are {11, 14, 17}.
    • By default, only C++14 is enabled.
  • THRUST_MULTICONFIG_ENABLE_SYSTEM_XXXX={ON, OFF}
    • Toggle whether a specific system will be targeted.
    • Possible values of XXXX are {CPP, CUDA, TBB, OMP}
    • By default, only CPP and CUDA are enabled.
  • THRUST_MULTICONFIG_WORKLOAD={SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, FULL}
    • Restricts the host/device combinations that will be targeted.
    • By default, the SMALL workload is used.
    • The full cross product of host x device systems results in 12 configurations, some of which are more important than others. This option can be used to prune some of the less important ones.
    • SMALL: (3 configs) Minimal coverage and validation of each device system against the CPP host.
    • MEDIUM: (6 configs) Cheap extended coverage.
    • LARGE: (8 configs) Expensive extended coverage. Includes all useful build configurations.
    • FULL: (12 configs) The complete cross product of all possible build configurations.
Config Workloads Value Expense Note
CPP/CUDA F L M S Essential Expensive Validates CUDA against CPP
CPP/OMP F L M S Essential Cheap Validates OMP against CPP
CPP/TBB F L M S Essential Cheap Validates TBB against CPP
CPP/CPP F L M Important Cheap Tests CPP as device
OMP/OMP F L M Important Cheap Tests OMP as host
TBB/TBB F L M Important Cheap Tests TBB as host
TBB/CUDA F L Important Expensive Validates TBB/CUDA interop
OMP/CUDA F L Important Expensive Validates OMP/CUDA interop
TBB/OMP F Not useful Cheap Mixes CPU-parallel systems
OMP/TBB F Not useful Cheap Mixes CPU-parallel systems
TBB/CPP F Not Useful Cheap Parallel host, serial device
OMP/CPP F Not Useful Cheap Parallel host, serial device

CUDA Specific CMake Options

  • THRUST_INCLUDE_CUB_CMAKE={ON, OFF}
    • If enabled, the CUB project will be built as part of Thrust. Default is OFF.
    • This adds CUB tests, etc. Useful for working on both CUB and Thrust simultaneously.
    • CUB configurations will be generated for each C++ dialect targeted by the current Thrust build.
  • THRUST_INSTALL_CUB_HEADERS={ON, OFF}
    • If enabled, the CUB project’s headers will be installed through Thrust’s installation rules. Default is ON.
    • This option depends on THRUST_ENABLE_INSTALL_RULES.
  • THRUST_ENABLE_COMPUTE_XX={ON, OFF}
    • Controls the targeted CUDA architecture(s)
    • Multiple options may be selected when using NVCC as the CUDA compiler.
    • Valid values of XX are: {35, 37, 50, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 70, 72, 75, 80}
    • Default value depends on THRUST_DISABLE_ARCH_BY_DEFAULT:
  • THRUST_ENABLE_COMPUTE_FUTURE={ON, OFF}
    • If enabled, CUDA objects will target the most recent virtual architecture in addition to the real architectures specified by the THRUST_ENABLE_COMPUTE_XX options.
    • Default value depends on THRUST_DISABLE_ARCH_BY_DEFAULT:
  • THRUST_DISABLE_ARCH_BY_DEFAULT={ON, OFF}
    • When ON, all THRUST_ENABLE_COMPUTE_* options are initially OFF.
    • Default: OFF (meaning all architectures are enabled by default)
  • THRUST_ENABLE_TESTS_WITH_RDC={ON, OFF}
    • Whether to enable Relocatable Device Code when building tests. Default is OFF.
  • THRUST_ENABLE_EXAMPLES_WITH_RDC={ON, OFF}
    • Whether to enable Relocatable Device Code when building examples. Default is OFF.

TBB Specific CMake Options

  • THRUST_TBB_ROOT=<path to tbb root>
    • When the TBB system is requested, set this to the root of the TBB installation (e.g. the location of lib/, bin/ and include/ for the TBB libraries).