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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_LITE_MICRO_MICRO_ALLOCATOR_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_LITE_MICRO_MICRO_ALLOCATOR_H_

#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>

#include "flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h"  // from @flatbuffers
#include "tensorflow/lite/c/common.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/core/api/error_reporter.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/micro/compatibility.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/micro/micro_op_resolver.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/micro/simple_memory_allocator.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/schema/schema_generated.h"

namespace tflite {

namespace internal {

// Sets up all of the data structure members for a TfLiteTensor based on the
// contents of a serialized tensor in the flatbuffer.
// TODO(b/162311891): Drop this method when the interpreter has an API for
// returning buffers on TfLiteEvalTensor.
TfLiteStatus InitializeTfLiteTensorFromFlatbuffer(
    SimpleMemoryAllocator* allocator, bool allocate_temp,
    const tflite::Tensor& flatbuffer_tensor,
    const flatbuffers::Vector<flatbuffers::Offset<Buffer>>* buffers,
    ErrorReporter* error_reporter, TfLiteTensor* result);

// Holds placeholder information for a scratch buffer request from a kernel.
// This struct is only used during the model prepare stage. Each request from a
// kernel is stored in the head section. During the prepare stage, the head
// section will at least hold kMaxScratchBuffersPerOp number of requests plus
// any requests from previous kernel requests.
//
// When the memory plan is finalized, these structs are no longer used in favor
// of a sequential, array of ScratchBufferHandle allocations in the tail
// section. These allocations are indexed by the request API defined in the
// TfLiteContext struct.
typedef struct {
  // Number of bytes required by the buffer. The actual allocated size might be
  // greater than `bytes` due to buffer alignment.
  size_t bytes;
  // Node where the buffer is allocated for. This provides useful information to
  // determine the lifetime of the buffer. In AllocationInfo, this buffer will
  // have `before` = node_idx and `after` = node_idx.
  int node_idx;
} ScratchBufferRequest;

}  // namespace internal

typedef struct {
  TfLiteNode node;
  const TfLiteRegistration* registration;
} NodeAndRegistration;

// Holds a pointer to a buffer for a scratch buffer requested by a kernel during
// the model prepare stage. This struct is allocated in-place and allows for
// quick pointer-indexed lookup for speed during model inference.
typedef struct {
  // Pointer to location of the scratch buffer:
  uint8_t* data;
} ScratchBufferHandle;

// Allocator responsible for allocating memory for all intermediate tensors
// necessary to invoke a model.
//
// The lifetime of the model, tensor arena and error reporter must be at
// least as long as that of the allocator object, since the allocator needs
// them to be accessible during its entire lifetime.
//
// The MicroAllocator simply plans out additional allocations that are required
// to standup a model for inference in TF Micro. This class currently relies on
// an additional allocator - SimpleMemoryAllocator - for all allocations from an
// arena. These allocations are divided into head (non-persistent) and tail
// (persistent) regions:
//
// Memory layout to help understand how it works
// This information could change in the future version.
// ************** .memory_allocator->GetBuffer()
// Tensors/Scratch buffers (head)
// ************** .head_watermark
// unused memory
// ************** .memory_allocator->GetBuffer() + ->GetMaxBufferSize()
//                                               - ->GetDataSize()
// persistent area (tail)
// ************** .memory_allocator->GetBuffer() + ->GetMaxBufferSize()
class MicroAllocator {
 public:
  // Creates a MicroAllocator instance from a given tensor arena. This arena
  // will be managed by the created instance.
  // Note: Please use __declspec(align(16)) to make sure tensor_arena is 16
  // bytes aligned, otherwise some head room will be wasted.
  // TODO(b/157615197): Cleanup constructor + factory usage.
  static MicroAllocator* Create(uint8_t* tensor_arena, size_t arena_size,
                                ErrorReporter* error_reporter);

  // Creates a MicroAllocator instance using the provided SimpleMemoryAllocator
  // intance. This allocator instance will use the SimpleMemoryAllocator
  // instance to manage allocations internally.
  static MicroAllocator* Create(SimpleMemoryAllocator* memory_allocator,
                                ErrorReporter* error_reporter);

  // Begin allocating internal resources required for model inference.
  // This method will run through the flatbuffer data supplied in the model to
  // properly allocate tensor, node, and op registration data. This method is
  // expected to be followed with a call to FinishModelAllocation() before
  // resuming allocation with another model. All persistent tensor buffers are
  // stored in the out-param eval_tensors. This value is allocated from the
  // persistent memory arena and will be used to host runtime tensor buffers.
  TfLiteStatus StartModelAllocation(
      const Model* model, const MicroOpResolver& op_resolver,
      NodeAndRegistration** node_and_registrations,
      TfLiteEvalTensor** eval_tensors);

  // Finish allocating internal resources required for model inference.
  // This method will plan non-persistent buffers and commit a memory plan to
  // the 'head' section of the memory arena. All variable tensor data will also
  // be allocated. This method should be called after assigning model resources
  // in StartModelAllocation(). The eval_tensors pointer should be the value
  // passed into this class during StartModelAllocation(). Scratch buffer
  // handles are stored in the out-param `scratch_buffer_handles`. This value
  // will be used in `GetScratchBuffer` call to retrieve scratch buffers.
  TfLiteStatus FinishModelAllocation(
      const Model* model, TfLiteEvalTensor* eval_tensors,
      ScratchBufferHandle** scratch_buffer_handles);

  // Allocates a TfLiteTensor struct and populates the returned value with
  // properties from the model flatbuffer. This struct is allocated from
  // persistent arena memory is only guaranteed for the lifetime of the
  // application. The eval_tensors pointer should be the value passed into this
  // class during StartModelAllocation() and contains the source-of-truth for
  // buffers.
  virtual TfLiteTensor* AllocatePersistentTfLiteTensor(
      const Model* model, TfLiteEvalTensor* eval_tensors, int tensor_index);

  // Allocates a TfLiteTensor struct and populates the returned value with
  // properties from the model flatbuffer. This struct is allocated from
  // temporary arena memory is only guaranteed until a call is made to
  // ResetTempAllocations(). The eval_tensors pointer should be the value passed
  // into this class during StartModelAllocation() and contains the
  // source-of-truth for buffers.
  virtual TfLiteTensor* AllocateTempTfLiteTensor(const Model* model,
                                                 TfLiteEvalTensor* eval_tensors,
                                                 int tensor_index);

  // Resets all temporary allocations. This method should be called after a
  // chain of temp allocations (e.g. chain of TfLiteTensor objects via
  // AllocateTfLiteTensor()).
  virtual void ResetTempAllocations();

  // Allocates persistent buffer which has the same life time as the allocator.
  // The memory is immediately available and is allocated from the tail of the
  // arena.
  virtual void* AllocatePersistentBuffer(size_t bytes);

  // Register a scratch buffer of size `bytes` for Node with `node_id`.
  // This method only requests a buffer with a given size to be used after a
  // model has finished allocation via FinishModelAllocation(). All requested
  // buffers will be accessible by the out-param in that method.
  TfLiteStatus RequestScratchBufferInArena(size_t bytes, int* buffer_idx);

  // Finish allocating a specific NodeAndRegistration prepare block (kernel
  // entry for a model) with a given node ID. This call ensures that any scratch
  // buffer requests and temporary allocations are handled and ready for the
  // next node prepare block.
  TfLiteStatus FinishPrepareNodeAllocations(int node_id);

  // Returns the arena usage in bytes, only available after
  // `FinishModelAllocation`. Otherwise, it will return 0.
  size_t used_bytes() const;

 protected:
  MicroAllocator(SimpleMemoryAllocator* memory_allocator,
                 ErrorReporter* error_reporter);
  virtual ~MicroAllocator();

  // Allocates an array in the arena to hold pointers to the node and
  // registration pointers required to represent the inference graph of the
  // model.
  virtual TfLiteStatus AllocateNodeAndRegistrations(
      const Model* model, NodeAndRegistration** node_and_registrations);

  // Populates node and registration pointers representing the inference graph
  // of the model from values inside the flatbuffer (loaded from the TfLiteModel
  // instance). Persistent data (e.g. operator data) is allocated from the
  // arena.
  virtual TfLiteStatus PrepareNodeAndRegistrationDataFromFlatbuffer(
      const Model* model, const MicroOpResolver& op_resolver,
      NodeAndRegistration* node_and_registrations);

  // Allocates the list of persistent TfLiteEvalTensors that are used for the
  // "eval" phase of model inference. These structs will be the source of truth
  // for all tensor buffers. Allocation results are stored in the out-param
  // eval_tensors.
  virtual TfLiteStatus AllocateTfLiteEvalTensors(
      const Model* model, TfLiteEvalTensor** eval_tensors);

  // Allocates persistent tensor buffers for variable tensors in the subgraph.
  virtual TfLiteStatus AllocateVariables(const SubGraph* subgraph,
                                         TfLiteEvalTensor* eval_tensors);

  // Allocate and return a persistent TfLiteTensor.
  // TODO(b/162311891): Drop this method when the interpreter has an API for
  // accessing TfLiteEvalTensor structs.
  virtual TfLiteTensor* AllocatePersistentTfLiteTensorInternal(
      const Model* model, TfLiteEvalTensor* eval_tensors, int tensor_index);

  // Populates a TfLiteTensor struct with data from the model flatbuffer. Any
  // quantization data is allocated from either the tail (persistent) or temp
  // sections of the arena based on the allocation flag.
  virtual TfLiteStatus PopulateTfLiteTensorFromFlatbuffer(
      const Model* model, const SubGraph* subgraph, TfLiteTensor* tensor,
      int tensor_index, bool allocate_temp);

  ErrorReporter* error_reporter() const;

  // Returns the first subgraph from the model.
  const SubGraph* GetSubGraphFromModel(const Model* model);

 private:
  // Commits a memory plan for all non-persistent buffer allocations in the
  // 'head' section of the memory arena. The eval_tensors pointer is the list of
  // pre-allocated TfLiteEvalTensor structs that will point to the buffers that
  // will be allocated into the head section in this function call. The
  // scratch_buffer_handles pointer is the array of pre-allocated
  // ScratchBufferHandle structs that will point to allocated buffers also in
  // the head section.
  virtual TfLiteStatus CommitStaticMemoryPlan(
      const Model* model, const SubGraph* subgraph,
      TfLiteEvalTensor* eval_tensors,
      ScratchBufferHandle* scratch_buffer_handles);

  // Allocates an array of ScratchBufferHandle structs in the tail section for a
  // given number of handles.
  virtual TfLiteStatus AllocateScratchBufferHandles(
      ScratchBufferHandle** scratch_buffer_handles, size_t handle_count);

  // Clears all internal scratch buffer request counts and resets the head to
  // prepare for kernels to request scratch buffer data when a model is
  // preparing.
  TfLiteStatus InitScratchBufferData();

  // Returns the pointer for the array of ScratchBufferRequest allocations in
  // the head section.
  internal::ScratchBufferRequest* GetScratchBufferRequests();

  // A simple memory allocator that always allocate from the arena tail or head.
  SimpleMemoryAllocator* memory_allocator_;

  ErrorReporter* error_reporter_;
  bool model_is_allocating_;

  // Holds the number of ScratchBufferRequest instances stored in the head
  // section when a model is allocating.
  size_t scratch_buffer_request_count_ = 0;

  // Holds the byte length of the memory plan with the largest head usage. Used
  // to ensure that multi-tenant allocations can share the head for buffers.
  size_t max_head_buffer_usage_ = 0;

  TF_LITE_REMOVE_VIRTUAL_DELETE
};

}  // namespace tflite
#endif  // TENSORFLOW_LITE_MICRO_MICRO_ALLOCATOR_H_