In my program I want to use a structure containing constant variables and keep it on device all long as the program executes to completion. I have several header files containing the declaration of 'global' functions and their respective '.cu' files for their definitions. I kept this scheme because it helps me contain similar code in one place. e.g. all the 'device' functions required to complete 'KERNEL_1' are separated from those 'device' functions required to complete 'KERNEL_2' along with kernels definitions. I had no problems with this scheme during compilation and linking. Until I encountered constant variables. I want to use the same constant variable through all kernels and device functions but it doesn't seem to work. ########################################################################## CODE EXAMPLE ########################################################################### filename: 'common.h' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- typedef struct { double height; double weight; int age; } __CONSTANTS; __constant__ __CONSTANTS d_const; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- filename: main.cu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include "common.h" #include "gpukernels.h" int main(int argc, char **argv) { __CONSTANTS T; T.height = 1.79; T.weight = 73.2; T.age = 26; cudaMemcpyToSymbol(d_consts, &T, sizeof(__CONSTANTS)); test_kernel <<< 1, 16 >>>(); cudaDeviceSynchronize(); } --------------------------------------------------------------------------- filename: gpukernels.h --------------------------------------------------------------------------- __global__ void test_kernel(); --------------------------------------------------------------------------- filename: gpukernels.cu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <stdio.h> #include "gpukernels.h" #include "common.h" __global__ void test_kernel() { printf("Id: %d, height: %f, weight: %f\n", threadIdx.x, d_const.height, d_const.weight); } When I execute this code, the kernel executes, displays the thread ids, but the constant values are displayed as zeros. How can I fix this?