cpu_allocator.h

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#pragma once

#include <malloc.h>  // for malloc and free
#include <stddef.h>  // for size_t

namespace paddle {
namespace memory {
namespace detail {

// CPUAllocator<staging=true> calls cudaMallocHost, which returns
// pinned and mlocked 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 use CPUAllocator<staging=false>.
template <bool staging>
class CPUAllocator {
public:
  void* Alloc(size_t size);
  void Free(void* p);
};

template <>
class CPUAllocator<false> {
public:
  void* Alloc(size_t size) { return malloc(size); }
  void Free(void* p) { free(p); }
};

// If CMake macro WITH_GPU is OFF, C++ compiler won't generate the
// following specialization that depends on the CUDA library.
#ifdef WITH_GPU
template <>
class CPUAllocator<true> {
public:
  void* Alloc(size_t size) {
    void* p;
    if (cudaMallocHost(&p, size) != cudaSuccess) {
      return NULL;
    }
    return *p;
  }

  void Free(void* p) { cudaFreeHost(p); }
};
#endif  // WITH_GPU

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