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1 /* Copyright 2015 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
2 
3 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
4 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
5 You may obtain a copy of the License at
6 
7     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
8 
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14 ==============================================================================*/
15 
16 #ifndef TENSORFLOW_STREAM_EXECUTOR_SCRATCH_ALLOCATOR_H_
17 #define TENSORFLOW_STREAM_EXECUTOR_SCRATCH_ALLOCATOR_H_
18 
19 #include <memory>
20 
21 #include "tensorflow/stream_executor/device_memory.h"
22 #include "tensorflow/stream_executor/lib/statusor.h"
23 #include "tensorflow/stream_executor/platform/port.h"
24 #include "tensorflow/stream_executor/temporary_device_memory.h"
25 
26 namespace stream_executor {
27 
28 class Stream;
29 
30 // Interface that allows stream operations (e.g.
31 // Stream::ThenConvolveWithScratch) to optionally request scratch space be
32 // allocated in order to speed up the operation being enqueued.
33 //
34 // Note that the caller is responsible for deallocating the scratch space at a
35 // known-safe point, when all scratch-memory-consuming kernels are known for
36 // sure to have finished; e.g. at stream synchronization time. This is different
37 // from a traditional C++ object allocator, where the client is responsible for
38 // releasing. (Conceptually, scratch memory is a form of "temporary" device
39 // memory allocation.)
40 class ScratchAllocator {
41  public:
42   virtual ~ScratchAllocator();
43 
44   // Returns a limit of memory this scratch allocator wants to produce, in
45   // bytes. This information may be used to help select an algorithm.
46   //
47   // Returns values < 0 to indicate that there is no recommended limit.
48   virtual int64 GetMemoryLimitInBytes(Stream* stream) = 0;
49 
50   // Returns an allocation on byte_size bytes for use in an operation on stream.
51   //
52   // This is a temporary allocation, and the caller is responsible for
53   // deallocating at some known-safe point. See the class comment above.
54   virtual port::StatusOr<DeviceMemory<uint8>> AllocateBytes(
55       Stream* stream, int64 byte_size) = 0;
56 };
57 
58 // Allocates a single temporary memory allocation -- this memory is deallocated
59 // at the next stream synchronization point after this object has gone out of
60 // scope. This satisfies the lifetime and deallocation properties given in the
61 // class comment above.
62 //
63 // Thread-compatible, but not thread-safe (use in scenarios where only one
64 // thread will request the scratch allocation).
65 class OneTimeScratchAllocator : public ScratchAllocator {
66  public:
67   OneTimeScratchAllocator();
68   ~OneTimeScratchAllocator() override;
69   int64 GetMemoryLimitInBytes(Stream* stream) override;
70   port::StatusOr<DeviceMemory<uint8>> AllocateBytes(Stream* stream,
71                                                     int64 byte_size) override;
72 
73  private:
74   std::unique_ptr<TemporaryDeviceMemory<uint8>> temporary_;
75 
76   SE_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(OneTimeScratchAllocator);
77 };
78 
79 }  // namespace stream_executor
80 
81 #endif  // TENSORFLOW_STREAM_EXECUTOR_SCRATCH_ALLOCATOR_H_
82