CudaHostAllocator.hpp

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#pragma once
 
#include <cstddef>
#include <type_traits>
#include <vector>
 
void cuda_malloc_host(void **p, std::size_t n);
void cuda_free_host(void *p);
 
/**
 * @brief Allocator that uses CUDA to allocate CPU memory.
 *
 * Using the CUDA allocator can have performance benefits,
 * because it returns pinned memory that is suitable for
 * DMA.
 *
 * @tparam T Type to allocate memory for.
 */
template <class T> struct CudaHostAllocator {
  using value_type = T;
  using pointer = T *;
  using reference = T &;
  using const_reference = std::add_const_t<reference>;
 
  CudaHostAllocator() noexcept = default;
  template <class U> explicit CudaHostAllocator(const CudaHostAllocator<U> &) {}
  template <class U> bool operator==(const CudaHostAllocator<U> &) const {
    return true;
  }
  template <class U> bool operator!=(const CudaHostAllocator<U> &) const {
    return false;
  }
 
  T *allocate(const std::size_t n) const {
    T *result{};
 
    cuda_malloc_host(reinterpret_cast<void **>(&result),
                     n * sizeof(value_type));
 
    return result;
  }
  void deallocate(T *const p, std::size_t) const noexcept { cuda_free_host(p); }
};
 
template <class T> using pinned_vector = std::vector<T, CudaHostAllocator<T>>;