CUDA Binary Utilities

The application notes for cuobjdump, nvdisasm, cu++filt, and nvprune.

1. Overview

This document introduces cuobjdump, nvdisasm, cu++filt and nvprune, four CUDA binary tools for Linux (x86, ARM and P9), Windows, Mac OS and Android.

1.1. What is a CUDA Binary?

A CUDA binary (also referred to as cubin) file is an ELF-formatted file which consists of CUDA executable code sections as well as other sections containing symbols, relocators, debug info, etc. By default, the CUDA compiler driver nvcc embeds cubin files into the host executable file. But they can also be generated separately by using the “-cubin” option of nvcc. cubin files are loaded at run time by the CUDA driver API.

Note

For more details on cubin files or the CUDA compilation trajectory, refer to NVIDIA CUDA Compiler Driver NVCC.

1.2. Differences between `cuobjdump` and `nvdisasm`

CUDA provides two binary utilities for examining and disassembling cubin files and host executables: cuobjdump and nvdisasm. Basically, cuobjdump accepts both cubin files and host binaries while nvdisasm only accepts cubin files; but nvdisasm provides richer output options.

Here’s a quick comparison of the two tools:

Table 1. Comparison of `cuobjdump` and `nvdisasm`
	`cuobjdump`	`nvdisasm`
Disassemble cubin	Yes	Yes
Extract ptx and extract and disassemble cubin from the following input files: Host binaries Executables Object files Static libraries External fatbinary files	Yes	No
Control flow analysis and output	No	Yes
Advanced display options	No	Yes

1.3. Command Option Types and Notation

This section of the document provides common details about the command line options for the following tools:

cuobjdump
nvdisasm
nvprune

Each command-line option has a long name and a short name, which are interchangeable with each other. These two variants are distinguished by the number of hyphens that must precede the option name, i.e. long names must be preceded by two hyphens and short names must be preceded by a single hyphen. For example, -I is the short name of --include-path. Long options are intended for use in build scripts, where size of the option is less important than descriptive value and short options are intended for interactive use.

The tools mentioned above recognize three types of command options: boolean options, single value options and list options.

Boolean options do not have an argument, they are either specified on a command line or not. Single value options must be specified at most once and list options may be repeated. Examples of each of these option types are, respectively:

Boolean option : nvdisams --print-raw <file>
Single value   : nvdisasm --binary SM70 <file>
List options   : cuobjdump --function "foo,bar,foobar" <file>

Single value options and list options must have arguments, which must follow the name of the option by either one or more spaces or an equals character. When a one-character short name such as -I, -l, and -L is used, the value of the option may also immediately follow the option itself without being seperated by spaces or an equal character. The individual values of list options may be separated by commas in a single instance of the option or the option may be repeated, or any combination of these two cases.

Hence, for the two sample options mentioned above that may take values, the following notations are legal:

-o file
-o=file
-Idir1,dir2 -I=dir3 -I dir4,dir5

For options taking a single value, if specified multiple times, the rightmost value in the command line will be considered for that option. In the below example, test.bin binary will be disassembled assuming SM75 as the architecture.

nvdisasm.exe -b SM70 -b SM75 test.bin
nvdisasm warning : incompatible redefinition for option 'binary', the last value of this option was used

For options taking a list of values, if specified multiple times, the values get appended to the list. If there are duplicate values specified, they are ignored. In the below example, functions foo and bar are considered as valid values for option --function and the duplicate value foo is ignored.

cuobjdump --function "foo" --function "bar" --function "foo" -sass  test.cubin

2. cuobjdump

cuobjdump extracts information from CUDA binary files (both standalone and those embedded in host binaries) and presents them in human readable format. The output of cuobjdump includes CUDA assembly code for each kernel, CUDA ELF section headers, string tables, relocators and other CUDA specific sections. It also extracts embedded ptx text from host binaries.

For a list of CUDA assembly instruction set of each GPU architecture, see Instruction Set Reference.

2.1. Usage

cuobjdump accepts a single input file each time it’s run. The basic usage is as following:

cuobjdump [options] <file>

To disassemble a standalone cubin or cubins embedded in a host executable and show CUDA assembly of the kernels, use the following command:

cuobjdump -sass <input file>

To dump cuda elf sections in human readable format from a cubin file, use the following command:

cuobjdump -elf <cubin file>

To extract ptx text from a host binary, use the following command:

cuobjdump -ptx <host binary>

Here’s a sample output of cuobjdump:

$ cuobjdump a.out -sass -ptx
Fatbin elf code:
================
arch = sm_70
code version = [1,7]
producer = cuda
host = linux
compile_size = 64bit
identifier = add.cu

code for sm_70
        Function : _Z3addPiS_S_
.headerflags    @"EF_CUDA_SM70 EF_CUDA_PTX_SM(EF_CUDA_SM70)"
/*0000*/      IMAD.MOV.U32 R1, RZ, RZ, c[0x0][0x28] ;  /* 0x00000a00ff017624 */
                                                       /* 0x000fd000078e00ff */
/*0010*/ @!PT SHFL.IDX PT, RZ, RZ, RZ, RZ ;            /* 0x000000fffffff389 */
                                                       /* 0x000fe200000e00ff */
/*0020*/      IMAD.MOV.U32 R2, RZ, RZ, c[0x0][0x160] ; /* 0x00005800ff027624 */
                                                       /* 0x000fe200078e00ff */
/*0030*/      MOV R3, c[0x0][0x164] ;                  /* 0x0000590000037a02 */
                                                       /* 0x000fe20000000f00 */
/*0040*/      IMAD.MOV.U32 R4, RZ, RZ, c[0x0][0x168] ; /* 0x00005a00ff047624 */
                                                       /* 0x000fe200078e00ff */
/*0050*/      MOV R5, c[0x0][0x16c] ;                  /* 0x00005b0000057a02 */
                                                       /* 0x000fcc0000000f00 */
/*0060*/      LDG.E.SYS R2, [R2] ;                     /* 0x0000000002027381 */
                                                       /* 0x000ea800001ee900 */
/*0070*/      LDG.E.SYS R5, [R4] ;                     /* 0x0000000004057381 */
                                                       /* 0x000ea200001ee900 */
/*0080*/      IMAD.MOV.U32 R6, RZ, RZ, c[0x0][0x170] ; /* 0x00005c00ff067624 */
                                                       /* 0x000fe200078e00ff */
/*0090*/      MOV R7, c[0x0][0x174] ;                  /* 0x00005d0000077a02 */
                                                       /* 0x000fe40000000f00 */
/*00a0*/      IADD3 R9, R2, R5, RZ ;                   /* 0x0000000502097210 */
                                                       /* 0x004fd00007ffe0ff */
/*00b0*/      STG.E.SYS [R6], R9 ;                     /* 0x0000000906007386 */
                                                       /* 0x000fe2000010e900 */
/*00c0*/      EXIT ;                                   /* 0x000000000000794d */
                                                       /* 0x000fea0003800000 */
/*00d0*/      BRA 0xd0;                                /* 0xfffffff000007947 */
                                                       /* 0x000fc0000383ffff */
/*00e0*/      NOP;                                     /* 0x0000000000007918 */
                                                       /* 0x000fc00000000000 */
/*00f0*/      NOP;                                     /* 0x0000000000007918 */
                                                       /* 0x000fc00000000000 */
        .......................

Fatbin ptx code:
================
arch = sm_70
code version = [7,0]
producer = cuda
host = linux
compile_size = 64bit
compressed
identifier = add.cu

.version 7.0
.target sm_70
.address_size 64

.visible .entry _Z3addPiS_S_(
.param .u64 _Z3addPiS_S__param_0,
.param .u64 _Z3addPiS_S__param_1,
.param .u64 _Z3addPiS_S__param_2
)
{
.reg .s32 %r<4>;
.reg .s64 %rd<7>;

ld.param.u64 %rd1, [_Z3addPiS_S__param_0];
ld.param.u64 %rd2, [_Z3addPiS_S__param_1];
ld.param.u64 %rd3, [_Z3addPiS_S__param_2];
cvta.to.global.u64 %rd4, %rd3;
cvta.to.global.u64 %rd5, %rd2;
cvta.to.global.u64 %rd6, %rd1;
ld.global.u32 %r1, [%rd6];
ld.global.u32 %r2, [%rd5];
add.s32 %r3, %r2, %r1;
st.global.u32 [%rd4], %r3;
ret;
}

As shown in the output, the a.out host binary contains cubin and ptx code for sm_70.

To list cubin files in the host binary use -lelf option:

$ cuobjdump a.out -lelf
ELF file    1: add_new.sm_70.cubin
ELF file    2: add_new.sm_75.cubin
ELF file    3: add_old.sm_70.cubin
ELF file    4: add_old.sm_75.cubin

To extract all the cubins as files from the host binary use -xelf all option:

$ cuobjdump a.out -xelf all
Extracting ELF file    1: add_new.sm_70.cubin
Extracting ELF file    2: add_new.sm_75.cubin
Extracting ELF file    3: add_old.sm_70.cubin
Extracting ELF file    4: add_old.sm_75.cubin

To extract the cubin named add_new.sm_70.cubin:

$ cuobjdump a.out -xelf add_new.sm_70.cubin
Extracting ELF file    1: add_new.sm_70.cubin

To extract only the cubins containing _old in their names:

$ cuobjdump a.out -xelf _old
Extracting ELF file    1: add_old.sm_70.cubin
Extracting ELF file    2: add_old.sm_75.cubin

You can pass any substring to -xelf and -xptx options. Only the files having the substring in the name will be extracted from the input binary.

To dump common and per function resource usage information:

$ cuobjdump test.cubin -res-usage

Resource usage:
 Common:
  GLOBAL:56 CONSTANT[3]:28
 Function calculate:
  REG:24 STACK:8 SHARED:0 LOCAL:0 CONSTANT[0]:472 CONSTANT[2]:24 TEXTURE:0 SURFACE:0 SAMPLER:0
 Function mysurf_func:
  REG:38 STACK:8 SHARED:4 LOCAL:0 CONSTANT[0]:532 TEXTURE:8 SURFACE:7 SAMPLER:0
 Function mytexsampler_func:
  REG:42 STACK:0 SHARED:0 LOCAL:0 CONSTANT[0]:472 TEXTURE:4 SURFACE:0 SAMPLER:1

Note that value for REG, TEXTURE, SURFACE and SAMPLER denotes the count and for other resources it denotes no. of byte(s) used.

2.2. Command-line Options

Table 2 contains supported command-line options of cuobjdump, along with a description of what each option does. Each option has a long name and a short name, which can be used interchangeably.

Table 2. `cuobjdump` Command-line Options
Option (long)	Option (short)	Description
`--all-fatbin`	`-all`	Dump all fatbin sections. By default will only dump contents of executable fatbin (if exists), else relocatable fatbin if no executable fatbin.
`--dump-elf`	`-elf`	Dump ELF Object sections.
`--dump-elf-symbols`	`-symbols`	Dump ELF symbol names.
`--dump-ptx`	`-ptx`	Dump PTX for all listed device functions.
`--dump-sass`	`-sass`	Dump CUDA assembly for a single cubin file or all cubin files embedded in the binary.
`--dump-resource-usage`	`-res-usage`	Dump resource usage for each ELF. Useful in getting all the resource usage information at one place.
`--extract-elf <partial file name>,...`	`-xelf`	Extract ELF file(s) name containing <partial file name> and save as file(s). Use `all` to extract all files. To get the list of ELF files use `-lelf` option. Works with host executable/object/library and external fatbin. All `dump` and `list` options are ignored with this option.
`--extract-ptx <partial file name>,...`	`-xptx`	Extract PTX file(s) name containing <partial file name> and save as file(s). Use `all` to extract all files. To get the list of PTX files use `-lptx` option. Works with host executable/object/library and external fatbin. All `dump` and `list` options are ignored with this option.
`--extract-text <partial file name>,...`	`-xtext`	Extract text binary encoding file(s) name containing <partial file name> and save as file(s). Use ‘all’ to extract all files. To get the list of text binary encoding use `-ltext` option. All ‘dump’ and ‘list’ options are ignored with this option.
`--function <function name>,...`	`-fun`	Specify names of device functions whose fat binary structures must be dumped.
`--function-index <function index>,...`	`-findex`	Specify symbol table index of the function whose fat binary structures must be dumped.
`--gpu-architecture <gpu architecture name>`	`-arch`	Specify GPU Architecture for which information should be dumped. Allowed values for this option: `sm_50`, `sm_52`, `sm_53`, `sm_60`, `sm_61`, `sm_62`, `sm_70`, `sm_72`, `sm_75`, `sm_80`, `sm_86`, `sm_87`, `sm_89`, `sm_90`, `sm_90a`.
`--help`	`-h`	Print this help information on this tool.
`--list-elf`	`-lelf`	List all the ELF files available in the fatbin. Works with host executable/object/library and external fatbin. All other options are ignored with this flag. This can be used to select particular ELF with `-xelf` option later.
`--list-ptx`	`-lptx`	List all the PTX files available in the fatbin. Works with host executable/object/library and external fatbin. All other options are ignored with this flag. This can be used to select particular PTX with `-xptx` option later.
`--list-text`	`-ltext`	List all the text binary function names available in the fatbin. All other options are ignored with the flag. This can be used to select particular function with `-xtext` option later.
`--options-file <file>,...`	`-optf`	Include command line options from specified file.
`--sort-functions`	`-sort`	Sort functions when dumping sass.
`--version`	`-V`	Print version information on this tool.

3. nvdisasm

nvdisasm extracts information from standalone cubin files and presents them in human readable format. The output of nvdisasm includes CUDA assembly code for each kernel, listing of ELF data sections and other CUDA specific sections. Output style and options are controlled through nvdisasm command-line options. nvdisasm also does control flow analysis to annotate jump/branch targets and makes the output easier to read.

Note

nvdisasm requires complete relocation information to do control flow analysis. If this information is missing from the CUDA binary, either use the nvdisasm option -ndf to turn off control flow analysis, or use the ptxas and nvlink option -preserve-relocs to re-generate the cubin file.

For a list of CUDA assembly instruction set of each GPU architecture, see Instruction Set Reference.

3.1. Usage

nvdisasm accepts a single input file each time it’s run. The basic usage is as following:

nvdisasm [options] <input cubin file>

Here’s a sample output of nvdisasm:

    .headerflags    @"EF_CUDA_TEXMODE_UNIFIED EF_CUDA_64BIT_ADDRESS EF_CUDA_SM70
                      EF_CUDA_VIRTUAL_SM(EF_CUDA_SM70)"
    .elftype        @"ET_EXEC"

//--------------------- .nv.info                  --------------------------
    .section        .nv.info,"",@"SHT_CUDA_INFO"
    .align  4

......

//--------------------- .text._Z9acos_main10acosParams --------------------------
    .section    .text._Z9acos_main10acosParams,"ax",@progbits
    .sectioninfo    @"SHI_REGISTERS=14"
    .align    128
        .global     _Z9acos_main10acosParams
        .type       _Z9acos_main10acosParams,@function
        .size       _Z9acos_main10acosParams,(.L_21 - _Z9acos_main10acosParams)
        .other      _Z9acos_main10acosParams,@"STO_CUDA_ENTRY STV_DEFAULT"
_Z9acos_main10acosParams:
.text._Z9acos_main10acosParams:
        /*0000*/               MOV R1, c[0x0][0x28] ;
        /*0010*/               NOP;
        /*0020*/               S2R R0, SR_CTAID.X ;
        /*0030*/               S2R R3, SR_TID.X ;
        /*0040*/               IMAD R0, R0, c[0x0][0x0], R3 ;
        /*0050*/               ISETP.GE.AND P0, PT, R0, c[0x0][0x170], PT ;
        /*0060*/           @P0 EXIT ;
.L_1:
        /*0070*/               MOV R11, 0x4 ;
        /*0080*/               IMAD.WIDE R2, R0, R11, c[0x0][0x160] ;
        /*0090*/               LDG.E.SYS R2, [R2] ;
        /*00a0*/               MOV R7, 0x3d53f941 ;
        /*00b0*/               FADD.FTZ R4, |R2|.reuse, -RZ ;
        /*00c0*/               FSETP.GT.FTZ.AND P0, PT, |R2|.reuse, 0.5699, PT ;
        /*00d0*/               FSETP.GEU.FTZ.AND P1, PT, R2, RZ, PT ;
        /*00e0*/               FADD.FTZ R5, -R4, 1 ;
        /*00f0*/               IMAD.WIDE R2, R0, R11, c[0x0][0x168] ;
        /*0100*/               FMUL.FTZ R5, R5, 0.5 ;
        /*0110*/           @P0 MUFU.SQRT R4, R5 ;
        /*0120*/               MOV R5, c[0x0][0x0] ;
        /*0130*/               IMAD R0, R5, c[0x0][0xc], R0 ;
        /*0140*/               FMUL.FTZ R6, R4, R4 ;
        /*0150*/               FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.018166976049542427063 ;
        /*0160*/               FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.046756859868764877319 ;
        /*0170*/               FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.074846573173999786377 ;
        /*0180*/               FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.16667014360427856445 ;
        /*0190*/               FMUL.FTZ R7, R6, R7 ;
        /*01a0*/               FFMA.FTZ R7, R4, R7, R4 ;
        /*01b0*/               FADD.FTZ R9, R7, R7 ;
        /*01c0*/          @!P0 FADD.FTZ R9, -R7, 1.5707963705062866211 ;
        /*01d0*/               ISETP.GE.AND P0, PT, R0, c[0x0][0x170], PT ;
        /*01e0*/          @!P1 FADD.FTZ R9, -R9, 3.1415927410125732422 ;
        /*01f0*/               STG.E.SYS [R2], R9 ;
        /*0200*/          @!P0 BRA `(.L_1) ;
        /*0210*/               EXIT ;
.L_2:
        /*0220*/               BRA `(.L_2);
.L_21:

To get the control flow graph of a kernel, use the following:

nvdisasm -cfg <input cubin file>

nvdisasm is capable of generating control flow of CUDA assembly in the format of DOT graph description language. The output of the control flow from nvdisasm can be directly imported to a DOT graph visualization tool such as Graphviz.

Here’s how you can generate a PNG image (cfg.png) of the control flow of the above cubin (a.cubin) with nvdisasm and Graphviz:

nvdisasm -cfg a.cubin | dot -ocfg.png -Tpng

Here’s the generated graph:

To generate a PNG image (bbcfg.png) of the basic block control flow of the above cubin (a.cubin) with nvdisasm and Graphviz:

nvdisasm -bbcfg a.cubin | dot -obbcfg.png -Tpng

Here’s the generated graph:

nvdisasm is capable of showing the register (general and predicate) liveness range information. For each line of CUDA assembly, nvdisasm displays whether a given device register was assigned, accessed, live or re-assigned. It also shows the total number of registers used. This is useful if the user is interested in the life range of any particular register, or register usage in general.

Here’s a sample output (output is pruned for brevity):

                                                      // +-----------------+------+
                                                      // |      GPR        | PRED |
                                                      // |                 |      |
                                                      // |                 |      |
                                                      // |    000000000011 |      |
                                                      // |  # 012345678901 | # 01 |
                                                      // +-----------------+------+
    .global acos                                      // |                 |      |
    .type   acos,@function                            // |                 |      |
    .size   acos,(.L_21 - acos)                       // |                 |      |
    .other  acos,@"STO_CUDA_ENTRY STV_DEFAULT"        // |                 |      |
acos:                                                 // |                 |      |
.text.acos:                                           // |                 |      |
    MOV R1, c[0x0][0x28] ;                            // |  1  ^           |      |
    NOP;                                              // |  1  ^           |      |
    S2R R0, SR_CTAID.X ;                              // |  2 ^:           |      |
    S2R R3, SR_TID.X ;                                // |  3 :: ^         |      |
    IMAD R0, R0, c[0x0][0x0], R3 ;                    // |  3 x: v         |      |
    ISETP.GE.AND P0, PT, R0, c[0x0][0x170], PT ;      // |  2 v:           | 1 ^  |
@P0 EXIT ;                                            // |  2 ::           | 1 v  |
.L_1:                                                 // |  2 ::           |      |
     MOV R11, 0x4 ;                                   // |  3 ::         ^ |      |
     IMAD.WIDE R2, R0, R11, c[0x0][0x160] ;           // |  5 v:^^       v |      |
     LDG.E.SYS R2, [R2] ;                             // |  4 ::^        : |      |
     MOV R7, 0x3d53f941 ;                             // |  5 :::    ^   : |      |
     FADD.FTZ R4, |R2|.reuse, -RZ ;                   // |  6 ::v ^  :   : |      |
     FSETP.GT.FTZ.AND P0, PT, |R2|.reuse, 0.5699, PT; // |  6 ::v :  :   : | 1 ^  |
     FSETP.GEU.FTZ.AND P1, PT, R2, RZ, PT ;           // |  6 ::v :  :   : | 2 :^ |
     FADD.FTZ R5, -R4, 1 ;                            // |  6 ::  v^ :   : | 2 :: |
     IMAD.WIDE R2, R0, R11, c[0x0][0x168] ;           // |  8 v:^^:: :   v | 2 :: |
     FMUL.FTZ R5, R5, 0.5 ;                           // |  5 ::  :x :     | 2 :: |
 @P0 MUFU.SQRT R4, R5 ;                               // |  5 ::  ^v :     | 2 v: |
     MOV R5, c[0x0][0x0] ;                            // |  5 ::  :^ :     | 2 :: |
     IMAD R0, R5, c[0x0][0xc], R0 ;                   // |  5 x:  :v :     | 2 :: |
     FMUL.FTZ R6, R4, R4 ;                            // |  5 ::  v ^:     | 2 :: |
     FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.018166976049542427063 ;   // |  5 ::  : vx     | 2 :: |
     FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.046756859868764877319 ;   // |  5 ::  : vx     | 2 :: |
     FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.074846573173999786377 ;   // |  5 ::  : vx     | 2 :: |
     FFMA.FTZ R7, R6, R7, 0.16667014360427856445 ;    // |  5 ::  : vx     | 2 :: |
     FMUL.FTZ R7, R6, R7 ;                            // |  5 ::  : vx     | 2 :: |
     FFMA.FTZ R7, R4, R7, R4 ;                        // |  4 ::  v  x     | 2 :: |
     FADD.FTZ R9, R7, R7 ;                            // |  4 ::     v ^   | 2 :: |
@!P0 FADD.FTZ R9, -R7, 1.5707963705062866211 ;        // |  4 ::     v ^   | 2 v: |
     ISETP.GE.AND P0, PT, R0, c[0x0][0x170], PT ;     // |  3 v:       :   | 2 ^: |
@!P1 FADD.FTZ R9, -R9, 3.1415927410125732422 ;        // |  3 ::       x   | 2 :v |
     STG.E.SYS [R2], R9 ;                             // |  3 ::       v   | 1 :  |
@!P0 BRA `(.L_1) ;                                    // |  2 ::           | 1 v  |
     EXIT ;                                           // |  1  :           |      |
.L_2:                                                 // +.................+......+
     BRA `(.L_2);                                     // |                 |      |
.L_21:                                                // +-----------------+------+
                                                      // Legend:
                                                      //     ^       : Register assignment
                                                      //     v       : Register usage
                                                      //     x       : Register usage and reassignment
                                                      //     :       : Register in use
                                                      //     <space> : Register not in use
                                                      //     #       : Number of occupied registers

nvdisasm is capable of showing line number information of the CUDA source file which can be useful for debugging.

To get the line-info of a kernel, use the following:

nvdisasm -g <input cubin file>

Here’s a sample output of a kernel using nvdisasm -g command:

//--------------------- .text._Z6kernali          --------------------------
        .section        .text._Z6kernali,"ax",@progbits
        .sectioninfo    @"SHI_REGISTERS=24"
        .align  128
        .global         _Z6kernali
        .type           _Z6kernali,@function
        .size           _Z6kernali,(.L_4 - _Z6kernali)
        .other          _Z6kernali,@"STO_CUDA_ENTRY STV_DEFAULT"
_Z6kernali:
.text._Z6kernali:
        /*0000*/                   MOV R1, c[0x0][0x28] ;
        /*0010*/                   NOP;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/sample/sample.cu", line 25
        /*0020*/                   MOV R0, 0x160 ;
        /*0030*/                   LDC R0, c[0x0][R0] ;
        /*0040*/                   MOV R0, R0 ;
        /*0050*/                   MOV R2, R0 ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/sample/sample.cu", line 26
        /*0060*/                   MOV R4, R2 ;
        /*0070*/                   MOV R20, 32@lo((_Z6kernali + .L_1@srel)) ;
        /*0080*/                   MOV R21, 32@hi((_Z6kernali + .L_1@srel)) ;
        /*0090*/                   CALL.ABS.NOINC `(_Z3fooi) ;
.L_1:
        /*00a0*/                   MOV R0, R4 ;
        /*00b0*/                   MOV R4, R2 ;
        /*00c0*/                   MOV R2, R0 ;
        /*00d0*/                   MOV R20, 32@lo((_Z6kernali + .L_2@srel)) ;
        /*00e0*/                   MOV R21, 32@hi((_Z6kernali + .L_2@srel)) ;
        /*00f0*/                   CALL.ABS.NOINC `(_Z3bari) ;
.L_2:
        /*0100*/                   MOV R4, R4 ;
        /*0110*/                   IADD3 R4, R2, R4, RZ ;
        /*0120*/                   MOV R2, 32@lo(arr) ;
        /*0130*/                   MOV R3, 32@hi(arr) ;
        /*0140*/                   MOV R2, R2 ;
        /*0150*/                   MOV R3, R3 ;
        /*0160*/                   ST.E.SYS [R2], R4 ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/sample/sample.cu", line 27
        /*0170*/                   ERRBAR ;
        /*0180*/                   EXIT ;
.L_3:
        /*0190*/                   BRA `(.L_3);
.L_4:

nvdisasm is capable of showing line number information with additional function inlining info (if any). In absence of any function inlining the output is same as the one with nvdisasm -g command.

Here’s a sample output of a kernel using nvdisasm -gi command:

//--------------------- .text._Z6kernali          --------------------------
    .section    .text._Z6kernali,"ax",@progbits
    .sectioninfo    @"SHI_REGISTERS=16"
    .align    128
        .global         _Z6kernali
        .type           _Z6kernali,@function
        .size           _Z6kernali,(.L_18 - _Z6kernali)
        .other          _Z6kernali,@"STO_CUDA_ENTRY STV_DEFAULT"
_Z6kernali:
.text._Z6kernali:
        /*0000*/                   IMAD.MOV.U32 R1, RZ, RZ, c[0x0][0x28] ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*0010*/                   UMOV UR4, 32@lo(arr) ;
        /*0020*/                   UMOV UR5, 32@hi(arr) ;
        /*0030*/                   IMAD.U32 R2, RZ, RZ, UR4 ;
        /*0040*/                   MOV R3, UR5 ;
        /*0050*/                   ULDC.64 UR4, c[0x0][0x118] ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 10 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*0060*/                   LDG.E R4, [R2.64] ;
        /*0070*/                   LDG.E R5, [R2.64+0x4] ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*0080*/                   LDG.E R0, [R2.64+0x8] ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*0090*/                   UMOV UR6, 32@lo(ans) ;
        /*00a0*/                   UMOV UR7, 32@hi(ans) ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 10 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*00b0*/                   IADD3 R7, R4, c[0x0][0x160], RZ ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*00c0*/                   IMAD.U32 R4, RZ, RZ, UR6 ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 10 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*00d0*/                   IADD3 R9, R5, c[0x0][0x160], RZ ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*00e0*/                   MOV R5, UR7 ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 10 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*00f0*/                   IADD3 R11, R0.reuse, c[0x0][0x160], RZ ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*0100*/                   IMAD.IADD R13, R0, 0x1, R7 ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 10 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 17 inlined at "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*0110*/                   STG.E [R2.64+0x4], R9 ;
        /*0120*/                   STG.E [R2.64], R7 ;
        /*0130*/                   STG.E [R2.64+0x8], R11 ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 23
        /*0140*/                   STG.E [R4.64], R13 ;
    //## File "/home/user/cuda/inline.cu", line 24
        /*0150*/                   EXIT ;
.L_3:
        /*0160*/                   BRA (.L_3);
.L_18:

3.2. Command-line Options

Table 3 contains the supported command-line options of nvdisasm, along with a description of what each option does. Each option has a long name and a short name, which can be used interchangeably.

Table 3. nvdisasm Command-line Options
Option (long)	Option (short)	Description
`--base-address <value>`	`-base`	Specify the logical base address of the image to disassemble. This option is only valid when disassembling a raw instruction binary (see option `--binary`), and is ignored when disassembling an Elf file. Default value: 0.
`--binary <SMxy>`	`-b`	When this option is specified, the input file is assumed to contain a raw instruction binary, that is, a sequence of binary instruction encodings as they occur in instruction memory. The value of this option must be the asserted architecture of the raw binary. Allowed values for this option: `SM50`, `SM52`, `SM53`, `SM60`, `SM61`, `SM62`, `SM70`, `SM72`, `SM75`, `SM80`, `SM86`, `SM87`, `SM89`, `SM90`, `SM90a`.
`--cuda-function-index <symbol index>,...`	`-fun`	Restrict the output to the CUDA functions represented by symbols with the given indices. The CUDA function for a given symbol is the enclosing section. This only restricts executable sections; all other sections will still be printed.
`--help`	`-h`	Print this help information on this tool.
`--life-range-mode`	`-lrm`	This option implies option `--print-life-ranges`, and determines how register live range info should be printed. `count`: Not at all, leaving only the # column (number of live registers); `wide`: Columns spaced out for readability (default); `narrow`: A one-character column for each register, economizing on table width Allowed values for this option: `count`, `narrow`, `wide`.
`--no-dataflow`	`-ndf`	Disable dataflow analyzer after disassembly. Dataflow analysis is normally enabled to perform branch stack analysis and annotate all instructions that jump via the GPU branch stack with inferred branch target labels. However, it may occasionally fail when certain restrictions on the input nvelf/cubin are not met.
`--no-vliw`	`-novliw`	Conventional mode; disassemble paired instructions in normal syntax, instead of VLIW syntax.
`--options-file <file>,...`	`-optf`	Include command line options from specified file.
`--output-control-flow-graph`	`-cfg`	When specified output the control flow graph, where each node is a hyperblock, in a format consumable by graphviz tools (such as dot).
`--output-control-flow-graph-with-basic-blocks`	`-bbcfg`	When specified output the control flow graph, where each node is a basicblock, in a format consumable by graphviz tools (such as dot).
`--print-code`	`-c`	Only print code sections.
`--print-instr-offsets-cfg`	`-poff`	When specified, print instruction offsets in the control flow graph. This should be used along with the option `--output-control-flow-graph` or `--output-control-flow-graph-with-basic-blocks`.
`--print-instruction-encoding`	`-hex`	When specified, print the encoding bytes after each disassembled operation.
`--print-life-ranges`	`-plr`	Print register life range information in a trailing column in the produced disassembly.
`--print-line-info`	`-g`	Annotate disassembly with source line information obtained from .debug_line section, if present.
`--print-line-info-inline`	`-gi`	Annotate disassembly with source line information obtained from .debug_line section along with function inlining info, if present.
`--print-line-info-ptx`	`-gp`	Annotate disassembly with source line information obtained from .nv_debug_line_sass section, if present.
`--print-raw`	`-raw`	Print the disassembly without any attempt to beautify it.
`--separate-functions`	`-sf`	Separate the code corresponding with function symbols by some new lines to let them stand out in the printed disassembly.
`--version`	`-V`	Print version information on this tool.

4. Instruction Set Reference

This is an instruction set reference for NVIDIA^® GPU architectures Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal, Volta, Turing and Ampere.

4.1. Maxwell and Pascal Instruction Set

The Maxwell (Compute Capability 5.x) and the Pascal (Compute Capability 6.x) architectures have the following instruction set format:

(instruction) (destination) (source1), (source2) ...

Valid destination and source locations include:

RX for registers
SRX for special system-controlled registers
PX for condition registers
c[X][Y] for constant memory

Table 4 lists valid instructions for the Maxwell and Pascal GPUs.

Table 4. Maxwell and Pascal Instruction Set
Opcode	Description
Floating Point Instructions
FADD	FP32 Add
FCHK	Single Precision FP Divide Range Check
FCMP	FP32 Compare to Zero and Select Source
FFMA	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FMNMX	FP32 Minimum/Maximum
FMUL	FP32 Multiply
FSET	FP32 Compare And Set
FSETP	FP32 Compare And Set Predicate
FSWZADD	FP32 Add used for FSWZ emulation
MUFU	Multi Function Operation
RRO	Range Reduction Operator FP
DADD	FP64 Add
DFMA	FP64 Fused Mutiply Add
DMNMX	FP64 Minimum/Maximum
DMUL	FP64 Multiply
DSET	FP64 Compare And Set
DSETP	FP64 Compare And Set Predicate
HADD2	FP16 Add
HFMA2	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HMUL2	FP16 Multiply
HSET2	FP16 Compare And Set
HSETP2	FP16 Compare And Set Predicate
Integer Instructions
BFE	Bit Field Extract
BFI	Bit Field Insert
FLO	Find Leading One
IADD	Integer Addition
IADD3	3-input Integer Addition
ICMP	Integer Compare to Zero and Select Source
IMAD	Integer Multiply And Add
IMADSP	Extracted Integer Multiply And Add.
IMNMX	Integer Minimum/Maximum
IMUL	Integer Multiply
ISCADD	Scaled Integer Addition
ISET	Integer Compare And Set
ISETP	Integer Compare And Set Predicate
LEA	Compute Effective Address
LOP	Logic Operation
LOP3	3-input Logic Operation
POPC	Population count
SHF	Funnel Shift
SHL	Shift Left
SHR	Shift Right
XMAD	Integer Short Multiply Add
Conversion Instructions
F2F	Floating Point To Floating Point Conversion
F2I	Floating Point To Integer Conversion
I2F	Integer To Floating Point Conversion
I2I	Integer To Integer Conversion
Movement Instructions
MOV	Move
PRMT	Permute Register Pair
SEL	Select Source with Predicate
SHFL	Warp Wide Register Shuffle
Predicate/CC Instructions
CSET	Test Condition Code And Set
CSETP	Test Condition Code and Set Predicate
PSET	Combine Predicates and Set
PSETP	Combine Predicates and Set Predicate
P2R	Move Predicate Register To Register
R2P	Move Register To Predicate/CC Register
Texture Instructions
TEX	Texture Fetch
TLD	Texture Load
TLD4	Texture Load 4
TXQ	Texture Query
TEXS	Texture Fetch with scalar/non-vec4 source/destinations
TLD4S	Texture Load 4 with scalar/non-vec4 source/destinations
TLDS	Texture Load with scalar/non-vec4 source/destinations
Compute Load/Store Instructions
LD	Load from generic Memory
LDC	Load Constant
LDG	Load from Global Memory
LDL	Load within Local Memory Window
LDS	Local within Shared Memory Window
ST	Store to generic Memory
STG	Store to global Memory
STL	Store to Local Memory
STS	Store to Shared Memory
ATOM	Atomic Operation on generic Memory
ATOMS	Atomic Operation on Shared Memory
RED	Reduction Operation on generic Memory
CCTL	Cache Control
CCTLL	Cache Control
MEMBAR	Memory Barrier
CCTLT	Texture Cache Control
Surface Memory Instructions
SUATOM	Atomic Op on Surface Memory
SULD	Surface Load
SURED	Reduction Op on Surface Memory
SUST	Surface Store
Control Instructions
BRA	Relative Branch
BRX	Relative Branch Indirect
JMP	Absolute Jump
JMX	Absolute Jump Indirect
SSY	Set Synchronization Point
SYNC	Converge threads after conditional branch
CAL	Relative Call
JCAL	Absolute Call
PRET	Pre-Return From Subroutine
RET	Return From Subroutine
BRK	Break
PBK	Pre-Break
CONT	Continue
PCNT	Pre-continue
EXIT	Exit Program
PEXIT	Pre-Exit
BPT	BreakPoint/Trap
Miscellaneous Instructions
NOP	No Operation
CS2R	Move Special Register to Register
S2R	Move Special Register to Register
B2R	Move Barrier To Register
BAR	Barrier Synchronization
R2B	Move Register to Barrier
VOTE	Vote Across SIMD Thread Group

4.2. Volta Instruction Set

The Volta architecture (Compute Capability 7.x) has the following instruction set format:

(instruction) (destination) (source1), (source2) ...

Valid destination and source locations include:

RX for registers
SRX for special system-controlled registers
PX for predicate registers
c[X][Y] for constant memory

Table 5 lists valid instructions for the Volta GPUs.

Table 5. Volta Instruction Set
Opcode	Description
Floating Point Instructions
FADD	FP32 Add
FADD32I	FP32 Add
FCHK	Floating-point Range Check
FFMA32I	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FFMA	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FMNMX	FP32 Minimum/Maximum
FMUL	FP32 Multiply
FMUL32I	FP32 Multiply
FSEL	Floating Point Select
FSET	FP32 Compare And Set
FSETP	FP32 Compare And Set Predicate
FSWZADD	FP32 Swizzle Add
MUFU	FP32 Multi Function Operation
HADD2	FP16 Add
HADD2_32I	FP16 Add
HFMA2	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HFMA2_32I	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HMMA	Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
HMUL2	FP16 Multiply
HMUL2_32I	FP16 Multiply
HSET2	FP16 Compare And Set
HSETP2	FP16 Compare And Set Predicate
DADD	FP64 Add
DFMA	FP64 Fused Mutiply Add
DMUL	FP64 Multiply
DSETP	FP64 Compare And Set Predicate
Integer Instructions
BMSK	Bitfield Mask
BREV	Bit Reverse
FLO	Find Leading One
IABS	Integer Absolute Value
IADD	Integer Addition
IADD3	3-input Integer Addition
IADD32I	Integer Addition
IDP	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IDP4A	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IMAD	Integer Multiply And Add
IMMA	Integer Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
IMNMX	Integer Minimum/Maximum
IMUL	Integer Multiply
IMUL32I	Integer Multiply
ISCADD	Scaled Integer Addition
ISCADD32I	Scaled Integer Addition
ISETP	Integer Compare And Set Predicate
LEA	LOAD Effective Address
LOP	Logic Operation
LOP3	Logic Operation
LOP32I	Logic Operation
POPC	Population count
SHF	Funnel Shift
SHL	Shift Left
SHR	Shift Right
VABSDIFF	Absolute Difference
VABSDIFF4	Absolute Difference
Conversion Instructions
F2F	Floating Point To Floating Point Conversion
F2I	Floating Point To Integer Conversion
I2F	Integer To Floating Point Conversion
I2I	Integer To Integer Conversion
I2IP	Integer To Integer Conversion and Packing
FRND	Round To Integer
Movement Instructions
MOV	Move
MOV32I	Move
PRMT	Permute Register Pair
SEL	Select Source with Predicate
SGXT	Sign Extend
SHFL	Warp Wide Register Shuffle
Predicate Instructions
PLOP3	Predicate Logic Operation
PSETP	Combine Predicates and Set Predicate
P2R	Move Predicate Register To Register
R2P	Move Register To Predicate Register
Load/Store Instructions
LD	Load from generic Memory
LDC	Load Constant
LDG	Load from Global Memory
LDL	Load within Local Memory Window
LDS	Load within Shared Memory Window
ST	Store to Generic Memory
STG	Store to Global Memory
STL	Store to Local Memory
STS	Store to Shared Memory
MATCH	Match Register Values Across Thread Group
QSPC	Query Space
ATOM	Atomic Operation on Generic Memory
ATOMS	Atomic Operation on Shared Memory
ATOMG	Atomic Operation on Global Memory
RED	Reduction Operation on Generic Memory
CCTL	Cache Control
CCTLL	Cache Control
ERRBAR	Error Barrier
MEMBAR	Memory Barrier
CCTLT	Texture Cache Control
Texture Instructions
TEX	Texture Fetch
TLD	Texture Load
TLD4	Texture Load 4
TMML	Texture MipMap Level
TXD	Texture Fetch With Derivatives
TXQ	Texture Query
Surface Instructions
SUATOM	Atomic Op on Surface Memory
SULD	Surface Load
SURED	Reduction Op on Surface Memory
SUST	Surface Store
Control Instructions
BMOV	Move Convergence Barrier State
BPT	BreakPoint/Trap
BRA	Relative Branch
BREAK	Break out of the Specified Convergence Barrier
BRX	Relative Branch Indirect
BSSY	Barrier Set Convergence Synchronization Point
BSYNC	Synchronize Threads on a Convergence Barrier
CALL	Call Function
EXIT	Exit Program
JMP	Absolute Jump
JMX	Absolute Jump Indirect
KILL	Kill Thread
NANOSLEEP	Suspend Execution
RET	Return From Subroutine
RPCMOV	PC Register Move
RTT	Return From Trap
WARPSYNC	Synchronize Threads in Warp
YIELD	Yield Control
Miscellaneous Instructions
B2R	Move Barrier To Register
BAR	Barrier Synchronization
CS2R	Move Special Register to Register
DEPBAR	Dependency Barrier
GETLMEMBASE	Get Local Memory Base Address
LEPC	Load Effective PC
NOP	No Operation
PMTRIG	Performance Monitor Trigger
R2B	Move Register to Barrier
S2R	Move Special Register to Register
SETCTAID	Set CTA ID
SETLMEMBASE	Set Local Memory Base Address
VOTE	Vote Across SIMD Thread Group

4.3. Turing Instruction Set

The Turing architecture (Compute Capability 7.5) have the following instruction set format:

(instruction) (destination) (source1), (source2) ...

Valid destination and source locations include:

RX for registers
URX for uniform registers
SRX for special system-controlled registers
PX for predicate registers
c[X][Y] for constant memory

Table 6 lists valid instructions for the Turing GPUs.

Table 6. Turing Instruction Set
Opcode	Description
Floating Point Instructions
FADD	FP32 Add
FADD32I	FP32 Add
FCHK	Floating-point Range Check
FFMA32I	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FFMA	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FMNMX	FP32 Minimum/Maximum
FMUL	FP32 Multiply
FMUL32I	FP32 Multiply
FSEL	Floating Point Select
FSET	FP32 Compare And Set
FSETP	FP32 Compare And Set Predicate
FSWZADD	FP32 Swizzle Add
MUFU	FP32 Multi Function Operation
HADD2	FP16 Add
HADD2_32I	FP16 Add
HFMA2	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HFMA2_32I	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HMMA	Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
HMUL2	FP16 Multiply
HMUL2_32I	FP16 Multiply
HSET2	FP16 Compare And Set
HSETP2	FP16 Compare And Set Predicate
DADD	FP64 Add
DFMA	FP64 Fused Mutiply Add
DMUL	FP64 Multiply
DSETP	FP64 Compare And Set Predicate
Integer Instructions
BMMA	Bit Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
BMSK	Bitfield Mask
BREV	Bit Reverse
FLO	Find Leading One
IABS	Integer Absolute Value
IADD	Integer Addition
IADD3	3-input Integer Addition
IADD32I	Integer Addition
IDP	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IDP4A	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IMAD	Integer Multiply And Add
IMMA	Integer Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
IMNMX	Integer Minimum/Maximum
IMUL	Integer Multiply
IMUL32I	Integer Multiply
ISCADD	Scaled Integer Addition
ISCADD32I	Scaled Integer Addition
ISETP	Integer Compare And Set Predicate
LEA	LOAD Effective Address
LOP	Logic Operation
LOP3	Logic Operation
LOP32I	Logic Operation
POPC	Population count
SHF	Funnel Shift
SHL	Shift Left
SHR	Shift Right
VABSDIFF	Absolute Difference
VABSDIFF4	Absolute Difference
Conversion Instructions
F2F	Floating Point To Floating Point Conversion
F2I	Floating Point To Integer Conversion
I2F	Integer To Floating Point Conversion
I2I	Integer To Integer Conversion
I2IP	Integer To Integer Conversion and Packing
FRND	Round To Integer
Movement Instructions
MOV	Move
MOV32I	Move
MOVM	Move Matrix with Transposition or Expansion
PRMT	Permute Register Pair
SEL	Select Source with Predicate
SGXT	Sign Extend
SHFL	Warp Wide Register Shuffle
Predicate Instructions
PLOP3	Predicate Logic Operation
PSETP	Combine Predicates and Set Predicate
P2R	Move Predicate Register To Register
R2P	Move Register To Predicate Register
Load/Store Instructions
LD	Load from generic Memory
LDC	Load Constant
LDG	Load from Global Memory
LDL	Load within Local Memory Window
LDS	Load within Shared Memory Window
LDSM	Load Matrix from Shared Memory with Element Size Expansion
ST	Store to Generic Memory
STG	Store to Global Memory
STL	Store to Local Memory
STS	Store to Shared Memory
MATCH	Match Register Values Across Thread Group
QSPC	Query Space
ATOM	Atomic Operation on Generic Memory
ATOMS	Atomic Operation on Shared Memory
ATOMG	Atomic Operation on Global Memory
RED	Reduction Operation on Generic Memory
CCTL	Cache Control
CCTLL	Cache Control
ERRBAR	Error Barrier
MEMBAR	Memory Barrier
CCTLT	Texture Cache Control
Uniform Datapath Instructions
R2UR	Move from Vector Register to a Uniform Register
S2UR	Move Special Register to Uniform Register
UBMSK	Uniform Bitfield Mask
UBREV	Uniform Bit Reverse
UCLEA	Load Effective Address for a Constant
UFLO	Uniform Find Leading One
UIADD3	Uniform Integer Addition
UIADD3.64	Uniform Integer Addition
UIMAD	Uniform Integer Multiplication
UISETP	Integer Compare and Set Uniform Predicate
ULDC	Load from Constant Memory into a Uniform Register
ULEA	Uniform Load Effective Address
ULOP	Logic Operation
ULOP3	Logic Operation
ULOP32I	Logic Operation
UMOV	Uniform Move
UP2UR	Uniform Predicate to Uniform Register
UPLOP3	Uniform Predicate Logic Operation
UPOPC	Uniform Population Count
UPRMT	Uniform Byte Permute
UPSETP	Uniform Predicate Logic Operation
UR2UP	Uniform Register to Uniform Predicate
USEL	Uniform Select
USGXT	Uniform Sign Extend
USHF	Uniform Funnel Shift
USHL	Uniform Left Shift
USHR	Uniform Right Shift
VOTEU	Voting across SIMD Thread Group with Results in Uniform Destination
Texture Instructions
TEX	Texture Fetch
TLD	Texture Load
TLD4	Texture Load 4
TMML	Texture MipMap Level
TXD	Texture Fetch With Derivatives
TXQ	Texture Query
Surface Instructions
SUATOM	Atomic Op on Surface Memory
SULD	Surface Load
SURED	Reduction Op on Surface Memory
SUST	Surface Store
Control Instructions
BMOV	Move Convergence Barrier State
BPT	BreakPoint/Trap
BRA	Relative Branch
BREAK	Break out of the Specified Convergence Barrier
BRX	Relative Branch Indirect
BRXU	Relative Branch with Uniform Register Based Offset
BSSY	Barrier Set Convergence Synchronization Point
BSYNC	Synchronize Threads on a Convergence Barrier
CALL	Call Function
EXIT	Exit Program
JMP	Absolute Jump
JMX	Absolute Jump Indirect
JMXU	Absolute Jump with Uniform Register Based Offset
KILL	Kill Thread
NANOSLEEP	Suspend Execution
RET	Return From Subroutine
RPCMOV	PC Register Move
RTT	Return From Trap
WARPSYNC	Synchronize Threads in Warp
YIELD	Yield Control
Miscellaneous Instructions
B2R	Move Barrier To Register
BAR	Barrier Synchronization
CS2R	Move Special Register to Register
DEPBAR	Dependency Barrier
GETLMEMBASE	Get Local Memory Base Address
LEPC	Load Effective PC
NOP	No Operation
PMTRIG	Performance Monitor Trigger
R2B	Move Register to Barrier
S2R	Move Special Register to Register
SETCTAID	Set CTA ID
SETLMEMBASE	Set Local Memory Base Address
VOTE	Vote Across SIMD Thread Group

4.4. NVIDIA Ampere GPU and Ada Instruction Set

The NVIDIA Ampere GPU and Ada architectures (Compute Capability 8.0 and 8.6) have the following instruction set format:

(instruction) (destination) (source1), (source2) ...

Valid destination and source locations include:

RX for registers
URX for uniform registers
SRX for special system-controlled registers
PX for predicate registers
UPX for uniform predicate registers
c[X][Y] for constant memory

Table 7 lists valid instructions for the NVIDIA Ampere architecrture and Ada GPUs.

Table 7. NVIDIA Ampere GPU and Ada Instruction Set
Opcode	Description
Floating Point Instructions
FADD	FP32 Add
FADD32I	FP32 Add
FCHK	Floating-point Range Check
FFMA32I	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FFMA	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FMNMX	FP32 Minimum/Maximum
FMUL	FP32 Multiply
FMUL32I	FP32 Multiply
FSEL	Floating Point Select
FSET	FP32 Compare And Set
FSETP	FP32 Compare And Set Predicate
FSWZADD	FP32 Swizzle Add
MUFU	FP32 Multi Function Operation
HADD2	FP16 Add
HADD2_32I	FP16 Add
HFMA2	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HFMA2_32I	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HMMA	Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
HMNMX2	FP16 Minimum / Maximum
HMUL2	FP16 Multiply
HMUL2_32I	FP16 Multiply
HSET2	FP16 Compare And Set
HSETP2	FP16 Compare And Set Predicate
DADD	FP64 Add
DFMA	FP64 Fused Mutiply Add
DMMA	Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
DMUL	FP64 Multiply
DSETP	FP64 Compare And Set Predicate
Integer Instructions
BMMA	Bit Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
BMSK	Bitfield Mask
BREV	Bit Reverse
FLO	Find Leading One
IABS	Integer Absolute Value
IADD	Integer Addition
IADD3	3-input Integer Addition
IADD32I	Integer Addition
IDP	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IDP4A	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IMAD	Integer Multiply And Add
IMMA	Integer Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
IMNMX	Integer Minimum/Maximum
IMUL	Integer Multiply
IMUL32I	Integer Multiply
ISCADD	Scaled Integer Addition
ISCADD32I	Scaled Integer Addition
ISETP	Integer Compare And Set Predicate
LEA	LOAD Effective Address
LOP	Logic Operation
LOP3	Logic Operation
LOP32I	Logic Operation
POPC	Population count
SHF	Funnel Shift
SHL	Shift Left
SHR	Shift Right
VABSDIFF	Absolute Difference
VABSDIFF4	Absolute Difference
Conversion Instructions
F2F	Floating Point To Floating Point Conversion
F2I	Floating Point To Integer Conversion
I2F	Integer To Floating Point Conversion
I2I	Integer To Integer Conversion
I2IP	Integer To Integer Conversion and Packing
I2FP	Integer to FP32 Convert and Pack
F2IP	FP32 Down-Convert to Integer and Pack
FRND	Round To Integer
Movement Instructions
MOV	Move
MOV32I	Move
MOVM	Move Matrix with Transposition or Expansion
PRMT	Permute Register Pair
SEL	Select Source with Predicate
SGXT	Sign Extend
SHFL	Warp Wide Register Shuffle
Predicate Instructions
PLOP3	Predicate Logic Operation
PSETP	Combine Predicates and Set Predicate
P2R	Move Predicate Register To Register
R2P	Move Register To Predicate Register
Load/Store Instructions
LD	Load from generic Memory
LDC	Load Constant
LDG	Load from Global Memory
LDGDEPBAR	Global Load Dependency Barrier
LDGSTS	Asynchronous Global to Shared Memcopy
LDL	Load within Local Memory Window
LDS	Load within Shared Memory Window
LDSM	Load Matrix from Shared Memory with Element Size Expansion
ST	Store to Generic Memory
STG	Store to Global Memory
STL	Store to Local Memory
STS	Store to Shared Memory
MATCH	Match Register Values Across Thread Group
QSPC	Query Space
ATOM	Atomic Operation on Generic Memory
ATOMS	Atomic Operation on Shared Memory
ATOMG	Atomic Operation on Global Memory
RED	Reduction Operation on Generic Memory
CCTL	Cache Control
CCTLL	Cache Control
ERRBAR	Error Barrier
MEMBAR	Memory Barrier
CCTLT	Texture Cache Control
Uniform Datapath Instructions
R2UR	Move from Vector Register to a Uniform Register
REDUX	Reduction of a Vector Register into a Uniform Register
S2UR	Move Special Register to Uniform Register
UBMSK	Uniform Bitfield Mask
UBREV	Uniform Bit Reverse
UCLEA	Load Effective Address for a Constant
UF2FP	Uniform FP32 Down-convert and Pack
UFLO	Uniform Find Leading One
UIADD3	Uniform Integer Addition
UIADD3.64	Uniform Integer Addition
UIMAD	Uniform Integer Multiplication
UISETP	Integer Compare and Set Uniform Predicate
ULDC	Load from Constant Memory into a Uniform Register
ULEA	Uniform Load Effective Address
ULOP	Logic Operation
ULOP3	Logic Operation
ULOP32I	Logic Operation
UMOV	Uniform Move
UP2UR	Uniform Predicate to Uniform Register
UPLOP3	Uniform Predicate Logic Operation
UPOPC	Uniform Population Count
UPRMT	Uniform Byte Permute
UPSETP	Uniform Predicate Logic Operation
UR2UP	Uniform Register to Uniform Predicate
USEL	Uniform Select
USGXT	Uniform Sign Extend
USHF	Uniform Funnel Shift
USHL	Uniform Left Shift
USHR	Uniform Right Shift
VOTEU	Voting across SIMD Thread Group with Results in Uniform Destination
Texture Instructions
TEX	Texture Fetch
TLD	Texture Load
TLD4	Texture Load 4
TMML	Texture MipMap Level
TXD	Texture Fetch With Derivatives
TXQ	Texture Query
Surface Instructions
SUATOM	Atomic Op on Surface Memory
SULD	Surface Load
SURED	Reduction Op on Surface Memory
SUST	Surface Store
Control Instructions
BMOV	Move Convergence Barrier State
BPT	BreakPoint/Trap
BRA	Relative Branch
BREAK	Break out of the Specified Convergence Barrier
BRX	Relative Branch Indirect
BRXU	Relative Branch with Uniform Register Based Offset
BSSY	Barrier Set Convergence Synchronization Point
BSYNC	Synchronize Threads on a Convergence Barrier
CALL	Call Function
EXIT	Exit Program
JMP	Absolute Jump
JMX	Absolute Jump Indirect
JMXU	Absolute Jump with Uniform Register Based Offset
KILL	Kill Thread
NANOSLEEP	Suspend Execution
RET	Return From Subroutine
RPCMOV	PC Register Move
WARPSYNC	Synchronize Threads in Warp
YIELD	Yield Control
Miscellaneous Instructions
B2R	Move Barrier To Register
BAR	Barrier Synchronization
CS2R	Move Special Register to Register
DEPBAR	Dependency Barrier
GETLMEMBASE	Get Local Memory Base Address
LEPC	Load Effective PC
NOP	No Operation
PMTRIG	Performance Monitor Trigger
S2R	Move Special Register to Register
SETCTAID	Set CTA ID
SETLMEMBASE	Set Local Memory Base Address
VOTE	Vote Across SIMD Thread Group

4.5. Hopper Instruction Set

The Hopper architecture (Compute Capability 9.0) has the following instruction set format:

(instruction) (destination) (source1), (source2) ...

Valid destination and source locations include:

RX for registers
URX for uniform registers
SRX for special system-controlled registers
PX for predicate registers
UPX for uniform predicate registers
c[X][Y] for constant memory
desc[URX][RY] for memory descriptors

Table 8 lists valid instructions for the Hopper GPUs.

Table 8. Hopper Instruction Set
Opcode	Description
Floating Point Instructions
FADD	FP32 Add
FADD32I	FP32 Add
FCHK	Floating-point Range Check
FFMA32I	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FFMA	FP32 Fused Multiply and Add
FMNMX	FP32 Minimum/Maximum
FMUL	FP32 Multiply
FMUL32I	FP32 Multiply
FSEL	Floating Point Select
FSET	FP32 Compare And Set
FSETP	FP32 Compare And Set Predicate
FSWZADD	FP32 Swizzle Add
MUFU	FP32 Multi Function Operation
HADD2	FP16 Add
HADD2_32I	FP16 Add
HFMA2	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HFMA2_32I	FP16 Fused Mutiply Add
HMMA	Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
HMNMX2	FP16 Minimum / Maximum
HMUL2	FP16 Multiply
HMUL2_32I	FP16 Multiply
HSET2	FP16 Compare And Set
HSETP2	FP16 Compare And Set Predicate
DADD	FP64 Add
DFMA	FP64 Fused Mutiply Add
DMMA	Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
DMUL	FP64 Multiply
DSETP	FP64 Compare And Set Predicate
Integer Instructions
BMMA	Bit Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
BMSK	Bitfield Mask
BREV	Bit Reverse
FLO	Find Leading One
IABS	Integer Absolute Value
IADD	Integer Addition
IADD3	3-input Integer Addition
IADD32I	Integer Addition
IDP	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IDP4A	Integer Dot Product and Accumulate
IMAD	Integer Multiply And Add
IMMA	Integer Matrix Multiply and Accumulate
IMNMX	Integer Minimum/Maximum
IMUL	Integer Multiply
IMUL32I	Integer Multiply
ISCADD	Scaled Integer Addition
ISCADD32I	Scaled Integer Addition
ISETP	Integer Compare And Set Predicate
LEA	LOAD Effective Address
LOP	Logic Operation
LOP3	Logic Operation
LOP32I	Logic Operation
POPC	Population count
SHF	Funnel Shift
SHL	Shift Left
SHR	Shift Right
VABSDIFF	Absolute Difference
VABSDIFF4	Absolute Difference
VHMNMX	SIMD FP16 3-Input Minimum / Maximum
VIADD	SIMD Integer Addition
VIADDMNMX	SIMD Integer Addition and Fused Min/Max Comparison
VIMNMX	SIMD Integer Minimum / Maximum
VIMNMX3	SIMD Integer 3-Input Minimum / Maximum
Conversion Instructions
F2F	Floating Point To Floating Point Conversion
F2I	Floating Point To Integer Conversion
I2F	Integer To Floating Point Conversion
I2I	Integer To Integer Conversion
I2IP	Integer To Integer Conversion and Packing
I2FP	Integer to FP32 Convert and Pack
F2IP	FP32 Down-Convert to Integer and Pack
FRND	Round To Integer
Movement Instructions
MOV	Move
MOV32I	Move
MOVM	Move Matrix with Transposition or Expansion
PRMT	Permute Register Pair
SEL	Select Source with Predicate
SGXT	Sign Extend
SHFL	Warp Wide Register Shuffle
Predicate Instructions
PLOP3	Predicate Logic Operation
PSETP	Combine Predicates and Set Predicate
P2R	Move Predicate Register To Register
R2P	Move Register To Predicate Register
Load/Store Instructions
FENCE	Memory Visibility Guarantee for Shared or Global Memory
LD	Load from generic Memory
LDC	Load Constant
LDG	Load from Global Memory
LDGDEPBAR	Global Load Dependency Barrier
LDGMC	Reducing Load
LDGSTS	Asynchronous Global to Shared Memcopy
LDL	Load within Local Memory Window
LDS	Load within Shared Memory Window
LDSM	Load Matrix from Shared Memory with Element Size Expansion
STSM	Store Matrix to Shared Memory
ST	Store to Generic Memory
STG	Store to Global Memory
STL	Store to Local Memory
STS	Store to Shared Memory
STAS	Asynchronous Store to Distributed Shared Memory With Explicit Synchronization
SYNCS	Sync Unit
MATCH	Match Register Values Across Thread Group
QSPC	Query Space
ATOM	Atomic Operation on Generic Memory
ATOMS	Atomic Operation on Shared Memory
ATOMG	Atomic Operation on Global Memory
REDAS	Asynchronous Reduction on Distributed Shared Memory With Explicit Synchronization
REDG	Reduction Operation on Generic Memory
CCTL	Cache Control
CCTLL	Cache Control
ERRBAR	Error Barrier
MEMBAR	Memory Barrier
CCTLT	Texture Cache Control
Uniform Datapath Instructions
R2UR	Move from Vector Register to a Uniform Register
REDUX	Reduction of a Vector Register into a Uniform Register
S2UR	Move Special Register to Uniform Register
UBMSK	Uniform Bitfield Mask
UBREV	Uniform Bit Reverse
UCGABAR_ARV	CGA Barrier Synchronization
UCGABAR_WAIT	CGA Barrier Synchronization
UCLEA	Load Effective Address for a Constant
UF2FP	Uniform FP32 Down-convert and Pack
UFLO	Uniform Find Leading One
UIADD3	Uniform Integer Addition
UIADD3.64	Uniform Integer Addition
UIMAD	Uniform Integer Multiplication
UISETP	Integer Compare and Set Uniform Predicate
ULDC	Load from Constant Memory into a Uniform Register
ULEA	Uniform Load Effective Address
ULEPC	Uniform Load Effective PC
ULOP	Logic Operation
ULOP3	Logic Operation
ULOP32I	Logic Operation
UMOV	Uniform Move
UP2UR	Uniform Predicate to Uniform Register
UPLOP3	Uniform Predicate Logic Operation
UPOPC	Uniform Population Count
UPRMT	Uniform Byte Permute
UPSETP	Uniform Predicate Logic Operation
UR2UP	Uniform Register to Uniform Predicate
USEL	Uniform Select
USETMAXREG	Release, Deallocate and Allocate Registers
USGXT	Uniform Sign Extend
USHF	Uniform Funnel Shift
USHL	Uniform Left Shift
USHR	Uniform Right Shift
VOTEU	Voting across SIMD Thread Group with Results in Uniform Destination
Warpgroup Instructions
BGMMA	Bit Matrix Multiply and Accumulate Across Warps
HGMMA	Matrix Multiply and Accumulate Across a Warpgroup
IGMMA	Integer Matrix Multiply and Accumulate Across a Warpgroup
QGMMA	FP8 Matrix Multiply and Accumulate Across a Warpgroup
WARPGROUP	Warpgroup Synchronization
WARPGROUPSET	Set Warpgroup Counters
Tensor Memory Access Instructions
UBLKCP	Bulk Data Copy
UBLKPF	Bulk Data Prefetch
UBLKRED	Bulk Data Copy from Shared Memory with Reduction
UTMACCTL	TMA Cache Control
UTMACMDFLUSH	TMA Command Flush
UTMALDG	Tensor Load from Global to Shared Memory
UTMAPF	Tensor Prefetch
UTMAREDG	Tensor Store from Shared to Global Memory with Reduction
UTMASTG	Tensor Store from Shared to Global Memory
Texture Instructions
TEX	Texture Fetch
TLD	Texture Load
TLD4	Texture Load 4
TMML	Texture MipMap Level
TXD	Texture Fetch With Derivatives
TXQ	Texture Query
Surface Instructions
SUATOM	Atomic Op on Surface Memory
SULD	Surface Load
SURED	Reduction Op on Surface Memory
SUST	Surface Store
Control Instructions
ACQBULK	Wait for Bulk Release Status Warp State
BMOV	Move Convergence Barrier State
BPT	BreakPoint/Trap
BRA	Relative Branch
BREAK	Break out of the Specified Convergence Barrier
BRX	Relative Branch Indirect
BRXU	Relative Branch with Uniform Register Based Offset
BSSY	Barrier Set Convergence Synchronization Point
BSYNC	Synchronize Threads on a Convergence Barrier
CALL	Call Function
CGAERRBAR	CGA Error Barrier
ELECT	Elect a Leader Thread
ENDCOLLECTIVE	Reset the MCOLLECTIVE mask
EXIT	Exit Program
JMP	Absolute Jump
JMX	Absolute Jump Indirect
JMXU	Absolute Jump with Uniform Register Based Offset
KILL	Kill Thread
NANOSLEEP	Suspend Execution
PREEXIT	Dependent Task Launch Hint
RET	Return From Subroutine
RPCMOV	PC Register Move
WARPSYNC	Synchronize Threads in Warp
YIELD	Yield Control
Miscellaneous Instructions
B2R	Move Barrier To Register
BAR	Barrier Synchronization
CS2R	Move Special Register to Register
DEPBAR	Dependency Barrier
GETLMEMBASE	Get Local Memory Base Address
LEPC	Load Effective PC
NOP	No Operation
PMTRIG	Performance Monitor Trigger
S2R	Move Special Register to Register
SETCTAID	Set CTA ID
SETLMEMBASE	Set Local Memory Base Address
VOTE	Vote Across SIMT Thread Group

5. cu++filt

cu++filt decodes (demangles) low-level identifiers that have been mangled by CUDA C++ into user readable names. For every input alphanumeric word, the output of cu++filt is either the demangled name if the name decodes to a CUDA C++ name, or the original name itself.

5.1. Usage

cu++filt accepts one or more alphanumeric words (consisting of letters, digits, underscores, dollars, or periods) and attepts to decipher them. The basic usage is as following:

cu++filt [options] <symbol(s)>

To demangle an entire file, like a binary, pipe the contents of the file to cu++filt, such as in the following command:

nm <input file> | cu++filt

To demangle function names without printing their parameter types, use the following command :

cu++filt -p <symbol(s)>

To skip a leading underscore from mangled symbols, use the following command:

cu++filt -_ <symbol(s)>

Here’s a sample output of cu++filt:

$ cu++filt _Z1fIiEbl
bool f<int>(long)

As shown in the output, the symbol _Z1fIiEbl was successfully demangled.

To strip all types in the function signature and parameters, use the -p option:

$ cu++filt -p _Z1fIiEbl
f<int>

To skip a leading underscore from a mangled symbol, use the -_ option:

$ cu++filt -_ __Z1fIiEbl
bool f<int>(long)

To demangle an entire file, pipe the contents of the file to cu++filt:

$ nm test.sm_70.cubin | cu++filt
0000000000000000 t hello(char *)
0000000000000070 t hello(char *)::display()
0000000000000000 T hello(int *)

Symbols that cannot be demangled are printed back to stdout as is:

$ cu++filt _ZD2
_ZD2

Multiple symbols can be demangled from the command line:

$ cu++filt _ZN6Scope15Func1Enez _Z3fooIiPFYneEiEvv _ZD2
Scope1::Func1(__int128, long double, ...)
void foo<int, __int128 (*)(long double), int>()
_ZD2

5.2. Command-line Options

Table 9 contains supported command-line options of cu++filt, along with a description of what each option does.

Table 9. `cu++filt` Command-line Options
Option	Description
`-_`	Strip underscore. On some systems, the CUDA compiler puts an underscore in front of every name. This option removes the initial underscore. Whether cu++filt removes the underscore by default is target dependent.
`-p`	When demangling the name of a function, do not display the types of the function’s parameters.
`-h`	Print a summary of the options to cu++filt and exit.
`-v`	Print the version information of this tool.

5.3. Library Availability

cu++filt is also available as a static library (libcufilt) that can be linked against an existing project. The following interface describes it’s usage:

char* __cu_demangle(const char *id, char *output_buffer, size_t *length, int *status)

This interface can be found in the file “nv_decode.h” located in the SDK.

Input Parameters

id Input mangled string.

output_buffer Pointer to where the demangled buffer will be stored. This memory must be allocated with malloc. If output-buffer is NULL, memory will be malloc’d to store the demangled name and returned through the function return value. If the output-buffer is too small, it is expanded using realloc.

length It is necessary to provide the size of the output buffer if the user is providing pre-allocated memory. This is needed by the demangler in case the size needs to be reallocated. If the length is non-null, the length of the demangled buffer is placed in length.

status *status is set to one of the following values:

0 - The demangling operation succeeded

-1 - A memory allocation failure occurred

-2 - Not a valid mangled id

-3 - An input validation failure has occurred (one or more arguments are invalid)

Return Value

A pointer to the start of the NUL-terminated demangled name, or NULL if the demangling fails. The caller is responsible for deallocating this memory using free.

Note: This function is thread-safe.

Example Usage

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "nv_decode.h"

int main()
{
  int     status;
  const char *real_mangled_name="_ZN8clstmp01I5cls01E13clstmp01_mf01Ev";
  const char *fake_mangled_name="B@d_iDentiFier";

  char* realname = __cu_demangle(fake_mangled_name, 0, 0, &status);
  printf("fake_mangled_name:\t result => %s\t status => %d\n", realname, status);
  free(realname);

  size_t size = sizeof(char)*1000;
  realname = (char*)malloc(size);
  __cu_demangle(real_mangled_name, realname, &size, &status);
  printf("real_mangled_name:\t result => %s\t status => %d\n", realname, status);
  free(realname);

  return 0;
}

This prints:

fake_mangled_name:   result => (null)     status => -2
real_mangled_name:   result => clstmp01<cls01>::clstmp01_mf01()   status => 0

6. nvprune

nvprune prunes host object files and libraries to only contain device code for the specified targets.

6.1. Usage

nvprune accepts a single input file each time it’s run, emitting a new output file. The basic usage is as following:

nvprune [options] -o <outfile> <infile>

The input file must be either a relocatable host object or static library (not a host executable), and the output file will be the same format.

Either the –arch or –generate-code option must be used to specify the target(s) to keep. All other device code is discarded from the file. The targets can be either a sm_NN arch (cubin) or compute_NN arch (ptx).

For example, the following will prune libcublas_static.a to only contain sm_70 cubin rather than all the targets which normally exist:

nvprune -arch sm_70 libcublas_static.a -o libcublas_static70.a

Note that this means that libcublas_static70.a will not run on any other architecture, so should only be used when you are building for a single architecture.

6.2. Command-line Options

Table 10 contains supported command-line options of nvprune, along with a description of what each option does. Each option has a long name and a short name, which can be used interchangeably.

Table 10. `nvprune` Command-line Options
Option (long)	Option (short)	Description
`--arch <gpu architecture name>,...`	`-arch`	Specify the name of the NVIDIA GPU architecture which will remain in the object or library.
`--generate-code`	`-gencode`	This option is same format as nvcc –generate-code option, and provides a way to specify multiple architectures which should remain in the object or library. Only the ‘code’ values are used as targets to match. Allowed keywords for this option: ‘arch’,’code’.
`--no-relocatable-elf`	`-no-relocatable-elf`	Don’t keep any relocatable ELF.
`--output-file`	`-o`	Specify name and location of the output file.
`--help`	`-h`	Print this help information on this tool.
`--options-file <file>,...`	`-optf`	Include command line options from specified file.
`--version`	`-V`	Print version information on this tool.

7. Notices

7.1. Notice

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7.2. OpenCL

OpenCL is a trademark of Apple Inc. used under license to the Khronos Group Inc.

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1. Overview

1.1. What is a CUDA Binary?

1.2. Differences between cuobjdump and nvdisasm

1.3. Command Option Types and Notation

2. cuobjdump

2.1. Usage

2.2. Command-line Options

3. nvdisasm

3.1. Usage

3.2. Command-line Options

4. Instruction Set Reference

4.1. Maxwell and Pascal Instruction Set

4.2. Volta Instruction Set

4.3. Turing Instruction Set

4.4. NVIDIA Ampere GPU and Ada Instruction Set

4.5. Hopper Instruction Set

5. cu++filt

5.1. Usage

5.2. Command-line Options

5.3. Library Availability

6. nvprune

6.1. Usage

6.2. Command-line Options

7. Notices

7.1. Notice

7.2. OpenCL

7.3. Trademarks

1.2. Differences between `cuobjdump` and `nvdisasm`