From a32d56322df0eab234e93dc48b3918e962f040eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Brodman <james.brodman@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:25:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix get_backend() to work for host platform impls.

Signed-off-by: James Brodman <james.brodman@intel.com>
---
 sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
index b5c596866f842..4a7ee4f4bde5d 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
@@ -106,7 +106,16 @@ class platform_impl {
   static vector_class<platform> get_platforms();
 
   // \return the Backend associated with this platform.
-  backend get_backend() const noexcept { return getPlugin().getBackend(); }
+  backend get_backend() const noexcept {
+    backend Result;
+    if (is_host())
+      Result = backend::host;
+    else {
+      Result = getPlugin().getBackend();
+    }
+
+    return Result;
+  }
 
   // \return the Plugin associated with this platform.
   const plugin &getPlugin() const {