mxnet 1.2.1 random_generator.h:154:5: error: there are no arguments to 'CUDA_CALL' that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of 'CUDA_CALL' must be available [-fpermissive] CUDA_CALL(cudaMalloc(&inst->states_,

[Kaiser-Yang]

Description

when compiling mxnet 1.2.1, I found that there are some compilation errors. I think these ERRORs are weird. It is described below.

Error Message

/src/common/random_generator.h:154:5: error: there are no arguments to 'CUDA_CALL' that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of 'CUDA_CALL' must be available [-fpermissive] CUDA_CALL(cudaMalloc(&inst->states_,

To Reproduce

clone mxnet-1.2.1 from github and set root/make/config.mk USE_CUDA CUDA_PATH USE_DIST_KVSTORE and enter root to start with command make

What have you tried to solve it?

I add the below code into random_generator.h

Environment

cuda-11.2 ubuntu 16.04

What perplexes me is the CUDA_CALL is define in ../common/cuda_utils.h, and included by random_generator.h but getting a compilation error

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[Kaiser-Yang]

after adding this code, the problem is solved. So I wonder why this problem occurs even when including cuda_utils.h; CUDA_CALL is defined in cuda_utils.h as below: