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v10.1.168 (<a href="https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive">older</a>) - Last updated April 24, 2019 - <a href="mailto:CUDAIssues@nvidia.com?subject=CUDA Toolkit Documentation Feedback: Compute Sanitizer API">Send Feedback</a></div> </div> <article id="contents"> <div class="topic nested0" id="abstract"><a name="abstract" shape="rect"> <!-- --></a><h2 class="title topictitle1"><a href="#abstract" name="abstract" shape="rect">Compute Sanitizer API</a></h2> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="shortdesc">The API reference guide for Compute Sanitizer, for creating the sanitizing and tracing tools for CUDA applications.</p> </div> </div> <div class="topic reference cuda_reference nested0" id="compute-sanitizer-overview"><a name="compute-sanitizer-overview" shape="rect"> <!-- --></a><h2 class="title topictitle1"><a href="#compute-sanitizer-overview" name="compute-sanitizer-overview" shape="rect">Overview</a></h2> <div class="body refbody"> <div class="section">The Compute Sanitizer API enables the creation of sanitizing and tracing tools for CUDA applications. Examples of such tools are memory and race condition checkers. <div class="p">The Compute Sanitizer API is composed of three APIs: <a name="compute-sanitizer-overview__ul_bdz_2pg_bhb" shape="rect"> <!-- --></a><ul class="ul" id="compute-sanitizer-overview__ul_bdz_2pg_bhb"> <li class="li liexpand">the callback API, </li> <li class="li liexpand">the patching API, and </li> <li class="li liexpand">the memory API. </li> </ul> </div> <p class="p">The Compute Sanitizer API is delivered as a dynamic library on supported platforms. 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