CEED · jeremylt · Jun 3, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ On this page we provide a summary of the main API changes, new features and exam
 - Rename `CeedCompositeOperatorCreate()` to `CeedOperatorCreateComposite()` for uniformity.
 - Rename `CeedCompositeOperator*()` to `CeedOperatorComposite*()` for uniformity.
 - Add `build_objects` parameter to `CeedOperatorLinearAssembleQFunctionBuildOrUpdateFallback` to allow for passing uninitialized vectors and restrictions
+- Move JiT helper functions only required by SYCL backends to `ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h`.
+These functions will be removed when the SYCL backends are updated to reflect the improvements in the CUDA and HIP backends.
 
 ### New features
 

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ $(libceed.so) : CEED_LDFLAGS += $(if $(DARWIN), -install_name @rpath/$(notdir $(
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Interface and gallery
-libceed.c := $(filter-out interface/ceed-cuda.c interface/ceed-hip.c interface/ceed-jit-source-root-$(if $(for_install),default,install).c, $(wildcard interface/ceed*.c backends/weak/*.c gallery/*.c))
+libceed.c := $(filter-out interface/ceed-cuda.c interface/ceed-hip.c interface/ceed-jit-tools-deprecated.c interface/ceed-jit-source-root-$(if $(for_install),default,install).c, $(wildcard interface/ceed*.c backends/weak/*.c gallery/*.c))
 gallery.c := $(wildcard gallery/*/ceed*.c)
 libceed.c += $(gallery.c)
 libceed.h := $(shell git ls-files 'include/**/*.h')
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(SYCL_LIB_DIR),)
   PKG_LIBS += $(filter -fsycl -fno-sycl-id-queries-fit-in-int,$(SYCLFLAGS)) -lze_loader
   LIBCEED_CONTAINS_CXX = 1
+  libceed.c     += interface/ceed-jit-tools-deprecated.c
   libceed.sycl  += $(sycl-core.cpp) $(sycl-ref.cpp) $(sycl-shared.cpp) $(sycl-gen.cpp)
   BACKENDS_MAKE += $(SYCL_BACKENDS)
 endif
@@ -1025,7 +1026,7 @@ AUTOPEP8_OPTS     += --in-place --aggressive --max-line-length 120
 
 format.ch := $(filter-out include/ceedf.h $(wildcard tests/t*-f.h) $(wildcard examples/ceed/ex*-f.h), $(shell git ls-files '*.[ch]pp' '*.[ch]' '*.cu'))
 format.py := $(filter-out tests/junit-xml/junit_xml/__init__.py, $(shell git ls-files '*.py'))
-format.ot := $(filter-out doc/sphinx/source/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md doc/sphinx/source/CONTRIBUTING.md, $(shell git ls-files '*.md' '*.f90'))
+format.ot := $(filter-out doc/sphinx/source/CHANGELOG.md doc/sphinx/source/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md doc/sphinx/source/CONTRIBUTING.md, $(shell git ls-files '*.md' '*.f90'))
 
 format-c  :
 	$(call quiet,CLANG_FORMAT) $(CLANG_FORMAT_OPTS) $(format.ch)

diff --git a/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-operator-build.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-operator-build.sycl.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <ceed/backend.h>
 #include <ceed/ceed.h>
 #include <ceed/jit-source/sycl/sycl-types.h>
+#include <ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h>
 #include <ceed/jit-tools.h>
 
 #include <iostream>

diff --git a/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-qfunction.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-qfunction.sycl.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <ceed/backend.h>
 #include <ceed/ceed.h>
+#include <ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h>
 #include <sycl/sycl.hpp>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>

diff --git a/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-qfunction-load.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-qfunction-load.sycl.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <ceed/backend.h>
 #include <ceed/ceed.h>
+#include <ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h>
 #include <ceed/jit-tools.h>
 
 #include <iostream>

diff --git a/backends/sycl-shared/ceed-sycl-shared-basis.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-shared/ceed-sycl-shared-basis.sycl.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <ceed/backend.h>
 #include <ceed/ceed.h>
+#include <ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h>
 #include <ceed/jit-tools.h>
 
 #include <map>

diff --git a/backends/sycl/ceed-sycl-compile.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl/ceed-sycl-compile.sycl.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <ceed/backend.h>
 #include <ceed/ceed.h>
+#include <ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h>
 #include <ceed/jit-tools.h>
 #include <level_zero/ze_api.h>
 

diff --git a/doc/sphinx/source/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/sphinx/source/CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/source/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/sphinx/source/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/include/ceed/backend.h b/include/ceed/backend.h
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionGetNumArgs(CeedQFunction qf, CeedInt *num_input_fie
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionGetKernelName(CeedQFunction qf, const char **kernel_name);
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionGetName(CeedQFunction qf, const char **name);
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionGetSourcePath(CeedQFunction qf, const char **source_path);
-CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionLoadSourceToBuffer(CeedQFunction qf, const char **source_buffer);
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionGetUserFunction(CeedQFunction qf, CeedQFunctionUser *f);
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionGetContext(CeedQFunction qf, CeedQFunctionContext *ctx);
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionGetContextData(CeedQFunction qf, CeedMemType mem_type, void *data);

diff --git a/include/ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h b/include/ceed/jit-tools-deprecated.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/// Copyright (c) 2017-2026, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other CEED contributors.
+/// All Rights Reserved. See the top-level LICENSE and NOTICE files for details.
+///
+/// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+///
+/// This file is part of CEED:  http://github.com/ceed
+
+/// @file
+/// Public header for JiT utility components of libCEED
+#pragma once
+
+#include <ceed.h>
+
+CEED_EXTERN int CeedLoadSourceToBuffer(Ceed ceed, const char *source_file_path, char **buffer);
+CEED_EXTERN int CeedQFunctionLoadSourceToBuffer(CeedQFunction qf, const char **source_buffer);
diff --git a/include/ceed/jit-tools.h b/include/ceed/jit-tools.h
@@ -12,11 +12,5 @@
 #include <ceed.h>
 
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedCheckFilePath(Ceed ceed, const char *source_file_path, bool *is_valid);
-CEED_EXTERN int CeedLoadSourceToBuffer(Ceed ceed, const char *source_file_path, char **buffer);
-CEED_EXTERN int CeedLoadSourceAndInitializeBuffer(Ceed ceed, const char *source_file_path, CeedInt *num_file_paths, char ***file_paths,
-                                                  char **buffer);
-CEED_EXTERN int CeedLoadSourceToInitializedBuffer(Ceed ceed, const char *source_file_path, CeedInt *num_file_paths, char ***file_paths,
-                                                  char **buffer);
-CEED_EXTERN int CeedPathConcatenate(Ceed ceed, const char *base_file_path, const char *relative_file_path, char **new_file_path);
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedGetJitRelativePath(const char *absolute_file_path, const char **relative_file_path);
 CEED_EXTERN int CeedGetJitAbsolutePath(Ceed ceed, const char *relative_file_path, const char **absolute_file_path);