COMPMID-771 Allow examples to be profiled

Change-Id: I180281e796e1670b9ad391d82d66ecde0119ef78
Note: this is for internal use only which is why I think the hackiness of RunExample.cpp is acceptable.
Reviewed-on: https://eu-gerrit-1.euhpc.arm.com/115154
Tested-by: Jenkins <bsgcomp@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Pablo Tello <pablo.tello@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Georgios Pinitas <georgios.pinitas@arm.com>

18 files changed, 110 insertions, 102 deletions

diff --git a/examples/cl_convolution.cpp b/examples/cl_convolution.cpp
index b780193f14..24ad7c180e 100644
--- a/examples/cl_convolution.cpp
+++ b/examples/cl_convolution.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -53,69 +53,77 @@ const int16_t gaussian5x5[] =
     1, 4, 6, 4, 1
 };
 
-void main_cl_convolution(int argc, const char **argv)
+class CLConvolutionExample : public Example
 {
-    PPMLoader ppm;
-    CLImage   src, tmp, dst;
-
-    CLScheduler::get().default_init();
-
-    if(argc < 2)
-    {
-        // Print help
-        std::cout << "Usage: ./build/cl_convolution [input_image.ppm]\n\n";
-        std::cout << "No input_image provided, creating a dummy 640x480 image\n";
-        // Create an empty grayscale 640x480 image
-        src.allocator()->init(TensorInfo(640, 480, Format::U8));
-    }
-    else
+public:
+    void do_setup(int argc, char **argv) override
     {
-        ppm.open(argv[1]);
-        ppm.init_image(src, Format::U8);
-    }
+        PPMLoader ppm;
 
-    // Configure the temporary and destination images
-    tmp.allocator()->init(*src.info());
-    dst.allocator()->init(*src.info());
+        CLScheduler::get().default_init();
 
-    CLConvolution3x3 conv3x3;
-    CLConvolution5x5 conv5x5;
+        if(argc < 2)
+        {
+            // Print help
+            std::cout << "Usage: ./build/cl_convolution [input_image.ppm]\n\n";
+            std::cout << "No input_image provided, creating a dummy 640x480 image\n";
+            // Create an empty grayscale 640x480 image
+            src.allocator()->init(TensorInfo(640, 480, Format::U8));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ppm.open(argv[1]);
+            ppm.init_image(src, Format::U8);
+        }
 
-    // Apply a Gaussian 3x3 filter to the source image followed by a Gaussian 5x5:
-    conv3x3.configure(&src, &tmp, gaussian3x3, 0 /* Let arm_compute calculate the scale */, BorderMode::UNDEFINED);
-    conv5x5.configure(&tmp, &dst, gaussian5x5, 0 /* Let arm_compute calculate the scale */, BorderMode::UNDEFINED);
+        // Configure the temporary and destination images
+        tmp.allocator()->init(*src.info());
+        dst.allocator()->init(*src.info());
 
-    // Allocate all the images
-    src.allocator()->allocate();
-    tmp.allocator()->allocate();
-    dst.allocator()->allocate();
-    // Fill the input image with the content of the PPM image if a filename was provided:
-    if(ppm.is_open())
-    {
-        ppm.fill_image(src);
-    }
+        // Apply a Gaussian 3x3 filter to the source image followed by a Gaussian 5x5:
+        conv3x3.configure(&src, &tmp, gaussian3x3, 0 /* Let arm_compute calculate the scale */, BorderMode::UNDEFINED);
+        conv5x5.configure(&tmp, &dst, gaussian5x5, 0 /* Let arm_compute calculate the scale */, BorderMode::UNDEFINED);
 
-    // Execute the functions:
-    conv3x3.run();
-    conv5x5.run();
-
-    // Make sure all the OpenCL jobs are done executing:
-    CLScheduler::get().sync();
+        // Allocate all the images
+        src.allocator()->allocate();
+        tmp.allocator()->allocate();
+        dst.allocator()->allocate();
+        // Fill the input image with the content of the PPM image if a filename was provided:
+        if(ppm.is_open())
+        {
+            ppm.fill_image(src);
+            output_filename = std::string(argv[1]) + "_out.ppm";
+        }
+    }
+    void do_run() override
+    {
+        // Execute the functions:
+        conv3x3.run();
+        conv5x5.run();
 
-    // Save the result to file:
-    if(ppm.is_open())
+        // Make sure all the OpenCL jobs are done executing:
+        CLScheduler::get().sync();
+    }
+    void do_teardown() override
     {
-        const std::string output_filename = std::string(argv[1]) + "_out.ppm";
-        save_to_ppm(dst, output_filename); // save_to_ppm maps and unmaps the image to store as PPM
+        // Save the result to file:
+        if(!output_filename.empty())
+        {
+            save_to_ppm(dst, output_filename); // save_to_ppm maps and unmaps the image to store as PPM
+        }
     }
-}
+    CLImage          src{}, tmp{}, dst{};
+    CLConvolution3x3 conv3x3{};
+    CLConvolution5x5 conv5x5{};
+    std::string      output_filename{};
+};
 
 /** Main program for convolution test
  *
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to PPM image to process )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_cl_convolution);
+    return utils::run_example<CLConvolutionExample>(argc, argv);
 }
diff --git a/examples/cl_events.cpp b/examples/cl_events.cpp
index 213f4a19df..c9c3e5d039 100644
--- a/examples/cl_events.cpp
+++ b/examples/cl_events.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 using namespace arm_compute;
 using namespace utils;
 
-void main_cl_events(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_cl_events(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     /** [OpenCL events] **/
     PPMLoader     ppm;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void main_cl_events(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to PPM image to process )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_cl_events);
 }
diff --git a/examples/cl_sgemm.cpp b/examples/cl_sgemm.cpp
index e1729a85b0..939870fabf 100644
--- a/examples/cl_sgemm.cpp
+++ b/examples/cl_sgemm.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 using namespace arm_compute;
 using namespace utils;
 
-void main_cl_sgemm(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_cl_sgemm(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     NPYLoader npy0, npy1, npy2;
     CLTensor  src0, src1, src2, dst;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void main_cl_sgemm(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Matrix A, [optional] Matrix B, [optional] Matrix C, [optional] alpha, [optional] beta )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_cl_sgemm);
 }
diff --git a/examples/gc_absdiff.cpp b/examples/gc_absdiff.cpp
index 18043e3fca..997feed8e8 100644
--- a/examples/gc_absdiff.cpp
+++ b/examples/gc_absdiff.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 using namespace arm_compute;
 using namespace utils;
 
-void main_gc_absdiff(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_gc_absdiff(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     PPMLoader ppm1, ppm2;
     GCImage   src1, src2, dst;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void main_gc_absdiff(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to the first PPM image to process, [optional] Path the the second PPM image to process )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_gc_absdiff);
 }
diff --git a/examples/gc_dc.cpp b/examples/gc_dc.cpp
index 270ca2d08f..174c88458d 100644
--- a/examples/gc_dc.cpp
+++ b/examples/gc_dc.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ TensorShape get_output_shape(TensorShape in_shape, TensorShape kernel_shape, con
 }
 } // namespace
 
-void main_gc_dc(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_gc_dc(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(argc);
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(argv);
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void main_gc_dc(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_gc_dc);
 }
diff --git a/examples/graph_alexnet.cpp b/examples/graph_alexnet.cpp
index 0d5531f282..6423fe48d3 100644
--- a/examples/graph_alexnet.cpp
+++ b/examples/graph_alexnet.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ using namespace arm_compute::graph_utils;
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-void main_graph_alexnet(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_graph_alexnet(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::string data_path; /* Path to the trainable data */
     std::string image;     /* Image data */
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void main_graph_alexnet(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return arm_compute::utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_graph_alexnet);
 }
diff --git a/examples/graph_googlenet.cpp b/examples/graph_googlenet.cpp
index d08382ab8e..746d558389 100644
--- a/examples/graph_googlenet.cpp
+++ b/examples/graph_googlenet.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ BranchLayer get_inception_node(const std::string &data_path, std::string &&param
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-void main_graph_googlenet(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_graph_googlenet(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::string data_path; /* Path to the trainable data */
     std::string image;     /* Image data */
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void main_graph_googlenet(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return arm_compute::utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_graph_googlenet);
 }
diff --git a/examples/graph_lenet.cpp b/examples/graph_lenet.cpp
index d4a44382b4..3e4727f189 100644
--- a/examples/graph_lenet.cpp
+++ b/examples/graph_lenet.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ITensorAccessor> get_accessor(const std::string &path, const std
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] batches )
  */
-void main_graph_lenet(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_graph_lenet(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::string  data_path;   /** Path to the trainable data */
     unsigned int batches = 4; /** Number of batches */
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void main_graph_lenet(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] batches )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return arm_compute::utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_graph_lenet);
 }
diff --git a/examples/graph_mobilenet.cpp b/examples/graph_mobilenet.cpp
index 553253383f..c468093e56 100644
--- a/examples/graph_mobilenet.cpp
+++ b/examples/graph_mobilenet.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ BranchLayer get_dwsc_node(const std::string &data_path, std::string &&param_path
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-void main_graph_mobilenet(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_graph_mobilenet(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::string data_path; /* Path to the trainable data */
     std::string image;     /* Image data */
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void main_graph_mobilenet(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return arm_compute::utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_graph_mobilenet);
 }
diff --git a/examples/graph_squeezenet.cpp b/examples/graph_squeezenet.cpp
index c8c411aa8b..11a80a7bd8 100644
--- a/examples/graph_squeezenet.cpp
+++ b/examples/graph_squeezenet.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ BranchLayer get_expand_fire_node(const std::string &data_path, std::string &&par
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-void main_graph_squeezenet(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_graph_squeezenet(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::string data_path; /* Path to the trainable data */
     std::string image;     /* Image data */
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void main_graph_squeezenet(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return arm_compute::utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_graph_squeezenet);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/examples/graph_vgg16.cpp b/examples/graph_vgg16.cpp
index cac38d30a7..fcaa6182cb 100644
--- a/examples/graph_vgg16.cpp
+++ b/examples/graph_vgg16.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ using namespace arm_compute::graph_utils;
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-void main_graph_vgg16(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_graph_vgg16(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::string data_path; /* Path to the trainable data */
     std::string image;     /* Image data */
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void main_graph_vgg16(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return arm_compute::utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_graph_vgg16);
 }
diff --git a/examples/graph_vgg19.cpp b/examples/graph_vgg19.cpp
index 49ae0fe51c..1f6cba4441 100644
--- a/examples/graph_vgg19.cpp
+++ b/examples/graph_vgg19.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ using namespace arm_compute::graph_utils;
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-void main_graph_vgg19(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_graph_vgg19(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::string data_path; /* Path to the trainable data */
     std::string image;     /* Image data */
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void main_graph_vgg19(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Target (0 = NEON, 1 = OpenCL), [optional] Path to the weights folder, [optional] image, [optional] labels )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return arm_compute::utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_graph_vgg19);
 }
diff --git a/examples/neon_cartoon_effect.cpp b/examples/neon_cartoon_effect.cpp
index f4f2003201..0ecd9410a1 100644
--- a/examples/neon_cartoon_effect.cpp
+++ b/examples/neon_cartoon_effect.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 using namespace arm_compute;
 using namespace utils;
 
-void main_neon_cartoon_effect(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_neon_cartoon_effect(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     // Open PPM file
     PPMLoader ppm;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void main_neon_cartoon_effect(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to PPM image to process )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_neon_cartoon_effect);
 }
diff --git a/examples/neon_cnn.cpp b/examples/neon_cnn.cpp
index 198890c9ba..2be5acfbaf 100644
--- a/examples/neon_cnn.cpp
+++ b/examples/neon_cnn.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 using namespace arm_compute;
 using namespace utils;
 
-void main_cnn(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_cnn(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(argc);
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(argv);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void main_cnn(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_cnn);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/examples/neon_convolution.cpp b/examples/neon_convolution.cpp
index 222c8f9a37..79800ae897 100644
--- a/examples/neon_convolution.cpp
+++ b/examples/neon_convolution.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const int16_t gaussian5x5[] =
     1, 4, 6, 4, 1
 };
 
-void main_neon_convolution(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_neon_convolution(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     /** [Accurate padding] **/
     PPMLoader ppm;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void main_neon_convolution(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to PPM image to process )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_neon_convolution);
 }
diff --git a/examples/neon_copy_objects.cpp b/examples/neon_copy_objects.cpp
index 04024530d5..55d03dd8bf 100644
--- a/examples/neon_copy_objects.cpp
+++ b/examples/neon_copy_objects.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 using namespace arm_compute;
 
-void main_neon_copy_objects(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_neon_copy_objects(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(argc);
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(argv);
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void main_neon_copy_objects(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_neon_copy_objects);
 }
diff --git a/examples/neon_scale.cpp b/examples/neon_scale.cpp
index 75780c9bdb..3911f5b3ef 100644
--- a/examples/neon_scale.cpp
+++ b/examples/neon_scale.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 using namespace arm_compute;
 using namespace utils;
 
-void main_neon_scale(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_neon_scale(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     PPMLoader ppm;
     Image     src, dst;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void main_neon_scale(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to PPM image to process )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_neon_scale);
 }
diff --git a/examples/neoncl_scale_median_gaussian.cpp b/examples/neoncl_scale_median_gaussian.cpp
index e53a48e07d..0b72314f7b 100644
--- a/examples/neoncl_scale_median_gaussian.cpp
+++ b/examples/neoncl_scale_median_gaussian.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ using namespace utils;
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to PPM image to process )
  */
-void main_neoncl_scale_median_gaussian(int argc, const char **argv)
+void main_neoncl_scale_median_gaussian(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     /** [NEON / OpenCL Interop] */
     PPMLoader ppm;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void main_neoncl_scale_median_gaussian(int argc, const char **argv)
  * @param[in] argc Number of arguments
  * @param[in] argv Arguments ( [optional] Path to PPM image to process )
  */
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     return utils::run_example(argc, argv, main_neoncl_scale_median_gaussian);
 }