NVCC compilation error for ITK 5.3

mzukovec · January 5, 2023, 9:00am

Hello.

When I try to use image reading functionality inside .cu file, I get compilation errors, whereas if I put the same code inside .cpp file, which is compiler using regular host compiler, the code normally compiles.

Platform:
Windows 11
Visual Studio 2022 17.4
CUDA 11.7 / 12.0 (same error on both)

I get the following errors:

C:\.conan\79dfc2\1\include\ITK-5.3\itkImageBase.h(117): error C2555: 'itk::ImageBase<3>::CreateAnother': overriding virtual function return type differs and is not covariant from 'itk::Object::CreateAnother'
  C:\.conan\79dfc2\1\include\ITK-5.3\itkObject.h(82): note: see declaration of 'itk::Object::CreateAnother'
  C:\.conan\79dfc2\1\include\ITK-5.3\itkImage.h(88): note: see reference to class template instantiation 'itk::ImageBase<3>' being compiled
  
  C:\Users\zukov\source\repos\GIR\testing\registration\registration.cu(10): note: see reference to class template instantiation 'itk::Image<float,3>' being compiled
  
C:\.conan\79dfc2\1\include\ITK-5.3\itkImage.h(101): error C2555: 'itk::Image<float,3>::CreateAnother': overriding virtual function return type differs and is not covariant from 'itk::ImageBase<3>::CreateAnother'
  
  C:\.conan\79dfc2\1\include\ITK-5.3\itkImageBase.h(117): note: see declaration of 'itk::ImageBase<3>::CreateAnother'
  
  ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Build All failed.

main.cu

#include "itkImage.h"
#include "itkImageFileReader.h"

int
main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    typedef float PixelType;
    typedef itk::Image<PixelType, 3> ImageType;

    itk::ReadImage<ImageType>(argv[1]);

    return 0;
}

dzenanz · January 5, 2023, 3:10pm

I am not sure what subset of ITK can be used within CUDA code, but probably only GPU-related classes. @simon.rit @LucasGandel do have a more detailed answer?

simon.rit · January 5, 2023, 3:28pm

I have never managed to use ITK in cu files when I tried a few years ago. This is why RTK separates the Cuda code completely from ITK. See for example

github.com

RTKConsortium/RTK/blob/master/include/rtkCudaCropImageFilter.h

/*=========================================================================
 *
 *  Copyright RTK Consortium
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 *
 *=========================================================================*/
#ifndef rtkCudaCropImageFilter_h
#define rtkCudaCropImageFilter_h

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github.com

RTKConsortium/RTK/blob/master/src/rtkCudaCropImageFilter.cxx

/*=========================================================================
 *
 *  Copyright RTK Consortium
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 *
 *=========================================================================*/

#include "rtkCudaCropImageFilter.h"
#include "rtkCudaUtilities.hcu"

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github.com

RTKConsortium/RTK/blob/master/include/rtkCudaCropImageFilter.hcu

/*=========================================================================
 *
 *  Copyright RTK Consortium
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 *
 *=========================================================================*/

#ifndef rtkCudaCropImageFilter_hcu
#define rtkCudaCropImageFilter_hcu

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github.com

RTKConsortium/RTK/blob/master/src/rtkCudaCropImageFilter.cu

/*=========================================================================
 *
 *  Copyright RTK Consortium
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 *
 *=========================================================================*/

// rtk includes
#include "rtkCudaUtilities.hcu"

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Only the cu files are compiled with nvcc. But RTK is quite old now and we sticked to this approach. Things might have changed since…