From 481278d6f457d13bb6a2492b85bea7c07c8e00c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Manfred Gruber <bernhardmgruber@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:16:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Trim device names

Fixes: #2187
---
 include/alpaka/dev/Traits.hpp | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/alpaka/dev/Traits.hpp b/include/alpaka/dev/Traits.hpp
index 16de5b48f8a5..610ea967128d 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/dev/Traits.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/dev/Traits.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "alpaka/core/Common.hpp"
 #include "alpaka/core/Concepts.hpp"
 
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp>
+
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -65,11 +67,13 @@ namespace alpaka
         return trait::GetDev<ImplementationBase>::getDev(t);
     }
 
-    //! \return The device name.
+    //! \return The device name with leading/trailing space characters trimmed off.
     template<typename TDev>
     ALPAKA_FN_HOST auto getName(TDev const& dev) -> std::string
     {
-        return trait::GetName<TDev>::getName(dev);
+        auto name = trait::GetName<TDev>::getName(dev);
+        boost::algorithm::trim(name);
+        return name;
     }
 
     //! \return The memory on the device in Bytes. Returns 0 if querying memory