cuda::pipeline_role

`cuda::pipeline_role`#

2026-10-01

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Applies to Linux and Windows

This page documents cuda::pipeline_role, an enumeration that specifies whether a thread acts as a producer or consumer in a partitioned pipeline.

Defined in header <cuda/pipeline>:

enum class pipeline_role : /* unspecified */ {
  producer,
  consumer
};

cuda::pipeline_role specifies the role of a particular thread in a partitioned producer/consumer pipeline.

Constants

`cuda::pipeline_role::producer`	A producer thread that generates data and issuing asynchronous operations.
`cuda::pipeline_role::consumer`	A consumer thread that consumes data and waiting for previously asynchronous operations to complete.

Example