//OpenCL 1.1 has atomic_inc build-in (no extension needed) //see http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/sdk/1.1/docs/man/xhtml/atomic_inc.html __kernel void globalAtomicKernelOpenCL1_1( volatile __global int* counter) { atomic_inc(counter); } //OpenCL 1.1 atomic device counters extension, usually faster on current AMD hardware //http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/extensions/ext/cl_ext_atomic_counters_32.txt #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_ext_atomic_counters_32 : enable __kernel void counterAtomicKernelExt( counter32_t counter) { atomic_inc(counter); } //OpenCL 1.0 optional extension, using atom_inc //see http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/sdk/1.0/docs/man/xhtml/cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics.html #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics : enable //atomic_inc __kernel void globalAtomicKernelExt( __global int* counter) { atom_inc(counter); } __kernel void globalAtomicKernelCounters32Broken( __global int* counter) { (*counter)++; }