system_allocator.cc

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#define GLOG_NO_ABBREVIATED_SEVERITIES

#include "paddle/fluid/memory/detail/system_allocator.h"

#ifdef _WIN32
#include <malloc.h>
#include <windows.h>  // VirtualLock/VirtualUnlock
#else
#include <sys/mman.h>  // for mlock and munlock
#endif
#include <stdlib.h>   // for malloc and free
#include <algorithm>  // for std::max

#include "gflags/gflags.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/platform/assert.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/platform/cpu_info.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.h"

// If use_pinned_memory is true, CPUAllocator calls mlock, which
// returns pinned and locked memory as staging areas for data exchange
// between host and device.  Allocates too much would reduce the amount
// of memory available to the system for paging.  So, by default, we
// should set false to use_pinned_memory.
DEFINE_bool(use_pinned_memory, true, "If set, allocate cpu pinned memory.");
DECLARE_double(fraction_of_gpu_memory_to_use);
namespace paddle {
namespace memory {
namespace detail {

void* AlignedMalloc(size_t size) {
  void* p = nullptr;
  size_t alignment = 32ul;
#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
  // refer to https://github.com/01org/mkl-dnn/blob/master/include/mkldnn.hpp
  // memory alignment
  alignment = 4096ul;
#endif
#ifdef _WIN32
  p = _aligned_malloc(size, alignment);
#else
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(posix_memalign(&p, alignment, size), 0, "Alloc %ld error!",
                    size);
#endif
  PADDLE_ENFORCE(p, "Fail to allocate CPU memory: size = %d .", size);
  return p;
}

void* CPUAllocator::Alloc(size_t* index, size_t size) {
  // According to http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdlib/malloc/,
  // malloc might not return nullptr if size is zero, but the returned
  // pointer shall not be dereferenced -- so we make it nullptr.
  if (size <= 0) return nullptr;

  *index = 0;  // unlock memory

  void* p = AlignedMalloc(size);

  if (p != nullptr) {
    if (FLAGS_use_pinned_memory) {
      *index = 1;
#ifdef _WIN32
      VirtualLock(p, size);
#else
      mlock(p, size);  // lock memory
#endif
    }
  }

  return p;
}

void CPUAllocator::Free(void* p, size_t size, size_t index) {
  if (p != nullptr && index == 1) {
#ifdef _WIN32
    VirtualUnlock(p, size);
#else
    munlock(p, size);
#endif
  }
  free(p);
}

bool CPUAllocator::UseGpu() const { return false; }

#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA

void* GPUAllocator::Alloc(size_t* index, size_t size) {
  // CUDA documentation doesn't explain if cudaMalloc returns nullptr
  // if size is 0.  We just make sure it does.
  if (size <= 0) return nullptr;
  void* p;
  int prev_id;
  cudaGetDevice(&prev_id);
  if (prev_id != gpu_id_) {
    cudaSetDevice(gpu_id_);
  }

  cudaError_t result = cudaMalloc(&p, size);

  if (prev_id != gpu_id_) {
    cudaSetDevice(prev_id);
  }

  if (result == cudaSuccess) {
    *index = 0;
    gpu_alloc_size_ += size;
    return p;
  } else {
    LOG(WARNING)
        << "Cannot malloc " << size / 1024.0 / 1024.0
        << " MB GPU memory. Please shrink FLAGS_fraction_of_gpu_memory_to_use "
           "environment variable to a lower value. Current value is "
        << FLAGS_fraction_of_gpu_memory_to_use;
    return nullptr;
  }
}

void GPUAllocator::Free(void* p, size_t size, size_t index) {
  cudaError_t err;

  if (index == 0) {
    PADDLE_ASSERT(gpu_alloc_size_ >= size);
    gpu_alloc_size_ -= size;
    err = cudaFree(p);
  } else {
    PADDLE_ASSERT(fallback_alloc_size_ >= size);
    fallback_alloc_size_ -= size;
    err = cudaFreeHost(p);
  }

  // Purposefully allow cudaErrorCudartUnloading, because
  // that is returned if you ever call cudaFree after the
  // driver has already shutdown. This happens only if the
  // process is terminating, in which case we don't care if
  // cudaFree succeeds.
  if (err != cudaErrorCudartUnloading) {
    PADDLE_ENFORCE(err, "cudaFree{Host} failed in GPUAllocator::Free.");
  }
}

bool GPUAllocator::UseGpu() const { return true; }

// PINNED memory allows direct DMA transfers by the GPU to and from system
// memory. It’s locked to a physical address.
void* CUDAPinnedAllocator::Alloc(size_t* index, size_t size) {
  if (size <= 0) return nullptr;

  // NOTE: here, we use CUDAPinnedMaxAllocSize as the maximum memory size
  // of host pinned allocation. Allocates too much would reduce
  // the amount of memory available to the underlying system for paging.
  size_t usable =
      paddle::platform::CUDAPinnedMaxAllocSize() - cuda_pinnd_alloc_size_;

  if (size > usable) {
    LOG(WARNING) << "Cannot malloc " << size / 1024.0 / 1024.0
                 << " MB pinned memory."
                 << ", available " << usable / 1024.0 / 1024.0 << " MB";
    return nullptr;
  }

  void* p;
  // PINNED memory is visible to all CUDA contexts.
  cudaError_t result = cudaMallocHost(&p, size);

  if (result == cudaSuccess) {
    *index = 1;  // PINNED memory
    cuda_pinnd_alloc_size_ += size;
    return p;
  } else {
    LOG(WARNING) << "cudaMallocHost failed.";
    return nullptr;
  }

  return nullptr;
}

void CUDAPinnedAllocator::Free(void* p, size_t size, size_t index) {
  cudaError_t err;
  PADDLE_ASSERT(index == 1);

  PADDLE_ASSERT(cuda_pinnd_alloc_size_ >= size);
  cuda_pinnd_alloc_size_ -= size;
  err = cudaFreeHost(p);

  // Purposefully allow cudaErrorCudartUnloading, because
  // that is returned if you ever call cudaFreeHost after the
  // driver has already shutdown. This happens only if the
  // process is terminating, in which case we don't care if
  // cudaFreeHost succeeds.
  if (err != cudaErrorCudartUnloading) {
    PADDLE_ENFORCE(err, "cudaFreeHost failed in GPUPinnedAllocator::Free.");
  }
}

bool CUDAPinnedAllocator::UseGpu() const { return false; }

#endif

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