Checking for nvcc 10 and gcc 8 and setting flags accordingly

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -35,20 +35,6 @@ if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(APEX_WITH_CUDA)
-    if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" AND
-        CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9)
-        message(INFO " Building CUPTI support, but GCC is too new for CUDA tests")
-    elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
-        message(INFO " Building CUPTI support, but Clang can't build CUDA tests")
-    else()
-        # OK to enable CUDA tests
-        enable_language(CUDA)
-        set(APEX_CUDA_TESTS TRUE)
-    endif()
-    find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED QUIET COMPONENTS CUPTI)
-endif(APEX_WITH_CUDA)
-
 # if the user didn't specify, set the installation directory.
 if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX OR CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
     SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" CACHE STRING "APEX Installation directory" FORCE)
@@ -118,6 +104,29 @@ IF("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Release")
   endif(NOT DEFINED APEX_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
 endif()
 
+if(APEX_WITH_CUDA)
+    # This is needed so that the nvcc compiler test passes, and we can use it to
+    # compile the test cases.
+    if(APEX_BUILD_TESTS)
+        if ( (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES GNU) AND (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^(powerpc|ppc)64.*$") )
+            if ( (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 8.0) AND (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 11.0) )
+                set (CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -Xcompiler -std=c++11")
+            endif ()
+        endif ()
+        if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" AND
+            CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9)
+            message(INFO " Building CUPTI support, but GCC is too new for CUDA tests")
+        elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
+            message(INFO " Building CUPTI support, but Clang can't build CUDA tests")
+        else()
+            # OK to enable CUDA tests
+            enable_language(CUDA)
+            set(APEX_CUDA_TESTS TRUE)
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED QUIET COMPONENTS CUPTI)
+endif(APEX_WITH_CUDA)
+
 # set(APEX_BUILD_TYPE "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CACHE STRING "Configuration type (one of Debug, RelWithDebInfo, Release, MinSizeRel)" FORCE)
 
 # Always force CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES to be the same as CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE

cmake/Modules/APEX_DefaultOptions.cmake

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ option (APEX_WITH_TCMALLOC "Enable TCMalloc heap management" FALSE)
 option (APEX_WITH_JEMALLOC "Enable JEMalloc heap management" FALSE)
 option (APEX_WITH_LM_SENSORS "Enable LM Sensors support" FALSE)
 option (APEX_BUILD_TESTS "Build APEX tests (for 'make test')" TRUE)
+option (APEX_CUDA_TESTS "Build APEX CUDA tests (for 'make test')" FALSE)
 option (APEX_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build APEX examples" TRUE)
 option (APEX_SANITIZE "Enable compiler sanitizer flags" FALSE)
 option (APEX_BUILD_ACTIVEHARMONY "Build ActiveHarmony library if not found" FALSE)