buddy_allocator.cc

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#define GLOG_NO_ABBREVIATED_SEVERITIES
#define GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL
#include "paddle/fluid/memory/detail/buddy_allocator.h"
#include "glog/logging.h"

DEFINE_bool(free_idle_memory, false,
            "If it is true, Paddle will try to free idle memory trunks during "
            "running time.");

namespace paddle {
namespace memory {
namespace detail {

BuddyAllocator::BuddyAllocator(
    std::unique_ptr<SystemAllocator> system_allocator, size_t min_chunk_size,
    size_t max_chunk_size)
    : min_chunk_size_(min_chunk_size),
      max_chunk_size_(max_chunk_size),
      cache_(system_allocator->UseGpu()),
      system_allocator_(std::move(system_allocator)) {}

BuddyAllocator::~BuddyAllocator() {
  VLOG(10) << "BuddyAllocator Disconstructor makes sure that all of these "
              "have actually been freed";
  while (!pool_.empty()) {
    auto block = static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(std::get<2>(*pool_.begin()));
    VLOG(10) << "Free from block (" << block << ", " << max_chunk_size_ << ")";

    system_allocator_->Free(block, max_chunk_size_, block->index(cache_));
    cache_.invalidate(block);
    pool_.erase(pool_.begin());
  }
}

inline size_t align(size_t size, size_t alignment) {
  size_t remaining = size % alignment;
  return remaining == 0 ? size : size + (alignment - remaining);
}

void* BuddyAllocator::Alloc(size_t unaligned_size) {
  // adjust allocation alignment
  size_t size =
      align(unaligned_size + sizeof(MemoryBlock::Desc), min_chunk_size_);

  // acquire the allocator lock
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);

  VLOG(10) << "Allocate " << unaligned_size << " bytes from chunk size "
           << size;

  // if the allocation is huge, send directly to the system allocator
  if (size > max_chunk_size_) {
    VLOG(10) << "Allocate from system allocator.";
    return SystemAlloc(size);
  }

  // query and allocate from the existing chunk
  auto it = FindExistChunk(size);

  // refill the pool if failure
  if (it == pool_.end()) {
    it = RefillPool();
    // if still failure, fail fatally
    if (it == pool_.end()) {
      return nullptr;
    }
  } else {
    VLOG(10) << "Allocation from existing memory block " << std::get<2>(*it)
             << " at address "
             << reinterpret_cast<MemoryBlock*>(std::get<2>(*it))->data();
  }

  total_used_ += size;
  total_free_ -= size;

  // split the allocation and return data for use
  return reinterpret_cast<MemoryBlock*>(SplitToAlloc(it, size))->data();
}

void BuddyAllocator::Free(void* p) {
  // Point back to metadata
  auto block = static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(p)->metadata();

  // Acquire the allocator lock
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);

  VLOG(10) << "Free from address " << block;

  if (block->type(cache_) == MemoryBlock::HUGE_CHUNK) {
    VLOG(10) << "Free directly from system allocator";
    system_allocator_->Free(block, block->total_size(cache_),
                            block->index(cache_));

    // Invalidate GPU allocation from cache
    cache_.invalidate(block);

    return;
  }

  block->mark_as_free(&cache_);

  total_used_ -= block->total_size(cache_);
  total_free_ += block->total_size(cache_);

  // Trying to merge the right buddy
  if (block->has_right_buddy(cache_)) {
    VLOG(10) << "Merging this block " << block << " with its right buddy "
             << block->right_buddy(cache_);

    auto right_buddy = block->right_buddy(cache_);

    if (right_buddy->type(cache_) == MemoryBlock::FREE_CHUNK) {
      // Take away right buddy from pool
      pool_.erase(IndexSizeAddress(right_buddy->index(cache_),
                                   right_buddy->total_size(cache_),
                                   right_buddy));

      // merge its right buddy to the block
      block->merge(&cache_, right_buddy);
    }
  }

  // Trying to merge the left buddy
  if (block->has_left_buddy(cache_)) {
    VLOG(10) << "Merging this block " << block << " with its left buddy "
             << block->left_buddy(cache_);

    auto left_buddy = block->left_buddy(cache_);

    if (left_buddy->type(cache_) == MemoryBlock::FREE_CHUNK) {
      // Take away right buddy from pool
      pool_.erase(IndexSizeAddress(left_buddy->index(cache_),
                                   left_buddy->total_size(cache_), left_buddy));

      // merge the block to its left buddy
      left_buddy->merge(&cache_, block);
      block = left_buddy;
    }
  }

  // Dumping this block into pool
  VLOG(10) << "Inserting free block (" << block << ", "
           << block->total_size(cache_) << ")";
  pool_.insert(
      IndexSizeAddress(block->index(cache_), block->total_size(cache_), block));

  if (FLAGS_free_idle_memory) {
    // Clean up if existing too much free memory
    // Prefer freeing fallback allocation first
    CleanIdleFallBackAlloc();

    // Free normal allocation
    CleanIdleNormalAlloc();
  }
}

size_t BuddyAllocator::Used() { return total_used_; }
size_t BuddyAllocator::GetMinChunkSize() { return min_chunk_size_; }
size_t BuddyAllocator::GetMaxChunkSize() { return max_chunk_size_; }

void* BuddyAllocator::SystemAlloc(size_t size) {
  size_t index = 0;
  void* p = system_allocator_->Alloc(&index, size);

  VLOG(10) << "Allocated " << p << " from system allocator.";

  if (p == nullptr) return nullptr;

  static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(p)->init(&cache_, MemoryBlock::HUGE_CHUNK, index,
                                     size, nullptr, nullptr);

  return static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(p)->data();
}

BuddyAllocator::PoolSet::iterator BuddyAllocator::RefillPool() {
#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA
  if (system_allocator_->UseGpu()) {
    if ((total_used_ + total_free_) == 0) {
      // Compute the maximum allocation size for the first allocation.
      max_chunk_size_ = platform::GpuMaxChunkSize();
    }
  }
#endif

  // Allocate a new maximum sized block
  size_t index = 0;
  void* p = system_allocator_->Alloc(&index, max_chunk_size_);

  if (p == nullptr) return pool_.end();

  VLOG(10) << "Creating and inserting new block " << p
           << " from system allocator";

  static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(p)->init(&cache_, MemoryBlock::FREE_CHUNK, index,
                                     max_chunk_size_, nullptr, nullptr);

  // gpu fallback allocation
  if (system_allocator_->UseGpu() &&
      static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(p)->index(cache_) == 1) {
    fallback_alloc_count_++;
  }

  total_free_ += max_chunk_size_;

  // dump the block into pool
  return pool_.insert(IndexSizeAddress(index, max_chunk_size_, p)).first;
}

BuddyAllocator::PoolSet::iterator BuddyAllocator::FindExistChunk(size_t size) {
  size_t index = 0;

  while (1) {
    auto it = pool_.lower_bound(IndexSizeAddress(index, size, nullptr));

    // no match chunk memory
    if (it == pool_.end()) return it;

    if (std::get<0>(*it) > index) {
      // find suitable one
      if (std::get<1>(*it) >= size) {
        return it;
      }
      // update and continue
      index = std::get<0>(*it);
      continue;
    }
    return it;
  }
}

void* BuddyAllocator::SplitToAlloc(BuddyAllocator::PoolSet::iterator it,
                                   size_t size) {
  auto block = static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(std::get<2>(*it));
  pool_.erase(it);

  VLOG(10) << "Split block (" << block << ", " << block->total_size(cache_)
           << ") into";
  block->split(&cache_, size);

  VLOG(10) << "Left block (" << block << ", " << block->total_size(cache_)
           << ")";
  block->set_type(&cache_, MemoryBlock::ARENA_CHUNK);

  // the rest of memory if exist
  if (block->has_right_buddy(cache_)) {
    if (block->right_buddy(cache_)->type(cache_) == MemoryBlock::FREE_CHUNK) {
      VLOG(10) << "Insert right block (" << block->right_buddy(cache_) << ", "
               << block->right_buddy(cache_)->total_size(cache_) << ")";

      pool_.insert(
          IndexSizeAddress(block->right_buddy(cache_)->index(cache_),
                           block->right_buddy(cache_)->total_size(cache_),
                           block->right_buddy(cache_)));
    }
  }

  return block;
}

void BuddyAllocator::CleanIdleFallBackAlloc() {
  // If fallback allocation does not exist, return directly
  if (!fallback_alloc_count_) return;

  for (auto pool = pool_.rbegin(); pool != pool_.rend();) {
    // If free memory block less than max_chunk_size_, return directly
    if (std::get<1>(*pool) < max_chunk_size_) return;

    MemoryBlock* block = static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(std::get<2>(*pool));

    // If no GPU fallback allocator, return
    if (!system_allocator_->UseGpu() || block->index(cache_) == 0) {
      return;
    }

    VLOG(10) << "Return block " << block << " to fallback allocator.";

    system_allocator_->Free(block, max_chunk_size_, block->index(cache_));
    cache_.invalidate(block);

    pool = PoolSet::reverse_iterator(pool_.erase(std::next(pool).base()));

    total_free_ -= max_chunk_size_;
    fallback_alloc_count_--;

    // If no fall allocation exists, return directly
    if (!fallback_alloc_count_) return;
  }
}

void BuddyAllocator::CleanIdleNormalAlloc() {
  auto shall_free_alloc = [&]() -> bool {
    // free all fallback allocations
    if (fallback_alloc_count_ > 0) {
      return true;
    }
    // keep 2x overhead if we haven't fallen back
    if ((total_used_ + max_chunk_size_) * 2 < total_free_) {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  };

  if (!shall_free_alloc()) return;

  for (auto pool = pool_.rbegin(); pool != pool_.rend();) {
    // If free memory block less than max_chunk_size_, return directly
    if (std::get<1>(*pool) < max_chunk_size_) return;

    MemoryBlock* block = static_cast<MemoryBlock*>(std::get<2>(*pool));

    VLOG(10) << "Return block " << block << " to base allocator.";

    system_allocator_->Free(block, max_chunk_size_, block->index(cache_));
    cache_.invalidate(block);

    pool = PoolSet::reverse_iterator(pool_.erase(std::next(pool).base()));

    total_free_ -= max_chunk_size_;

    if (!shall_free_alloc()) return;
  }
}

}  // namespace detail
}  // namespace memory
}  // namespace paddle