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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_CORE_FRAMEWORK_ALLOCATOR_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_CORE_FRAMEWORK_ALLOCATOR_H_

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <functional>
#include <limits>

#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
#include "absl/types/optional.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/numeric_types.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/type_traits.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/logging.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/macros.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/numa.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/types.h"

namespace tensorflow {

class TensorShape;

// Attributes for a single allocation call. Different calls to the same
// allocator could potentially have different allocation attributes.
struct AllocationAttributes {
  AllocationAttributes() = default;

  AllocationAttributes(bool retry_on_failure, bool allocation_will_be_logged,
                       std::function<uint64()>* freed_by_func)
      : retry_on_failure(retry_on_failure),
        allocation_will_be_logged(allocation_will_be_logged),
        freed_by_func(freed_by_func) {}

  // If the first attempt to allocate the memory fails, the allocation should
  // wait and retry (with a timeout).
  //
  // This is usually set to true, but we may set it to false in cases where a
  // failure has only performance impact (e.g. optional scratch space
  // allocation).
  bool retry_on_failure = true;
  // If a Tensor is allocated without the following set to true, then
  // it is logged as an unknown allocation. During execution Tensors
  // should be allocated through the OpKernelContext which records
  // which Op is performing the allocation, and sets this flag to
  // true.
  bool allocation_will_be_logged = false;
  // EXPERIMENTAL: If provided, then evaluates to a timing count such that only
  // a memory chunk whose freed_at_count is at this value or earlier may be
  // returned.
  std::function<uint64()>* freed_by_func = nullptr;  // Not owned.

  TF_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AllocationAttributes);
};

// Annotations for memory profiling and debugging purpose. The runtime will
// cache the annotations in thread-local memory, and some allocators will try to
// tag allocations with the annotations.
struct MemoryDebugAnnotation {
  const char* pending_op_name = nullptr;
  int64 pending_step_id = 0;
  const char* pending_region_type = nullptr;
  int32 pending_data_type = 0;
  const TensorShape* pending_shape = nullptr;
};

// Wrapper class of MemoryDebugAnnotation for RAII.
class ScopedMemoryDebugAnnotation {
 public:
  static const MemoryDebugAnnotation& CurrentAnnotation() {
    return annotation_;
  }

  explicit ScopedMemoryDebugAnnotation(const char* op_name) {
    last_annotation_ = annotation_;
    CleanupAnnotation();
    annotation_.pending_op_name = op_name;
  }

  explicit ScopedMemoryDebugAnnotation(const char* op_name, int64 step_id) {
    last_annotation_ = annotation_;
    CleanupAnnotation();
    annotation_.pending_op_name = op_name;
    annotation_.pending_step_id = step_id;
  }

  // This constructor keeps the pending_op_name and pending_step_id from parent
  // (if any).  Otherwise it overwrites with op_name.
  explicit ScopedMemoryDebugAnnotation(const char* op_name,
                                       const char* region_type, int32 data_type,
                                       const TensorShape* shape) {
    last_annotation_ = annotation_;
    if (!annotation_.pending_op_name) {
      annotation_.pending_op_name = op_name;
    }
    annotation_.pending_region_type = region_type;
    annotation_.pending_data_type = data_type;
    annotation_.pending_shape = shape;
  }

  explicit ScopedMemoryDebugAnnotation(const char* op_name, int64 step_id,
                                       const char* region_type, int32 data_type,
                                       const TensorShape* shape) {
    last_annotation_ = annotation_;
    annotation_.pending_op_name = op_name;
    annotation_.pending_step_id = step_id;
    annotation_.pending_region_type = region_type;
    annotation_.pending_data_type = data_type;
    annotation_.pending_shape = shape;
  }

  ~ScopedMemoryDebugAnnotation() { annotation_ = last_annotation_; }

 private:
  void CleanupAnnotation() {
    annotation_.pending_op_name = nullptr;
    annotation_.pending_step_id = 0;
    annotation_.pending_region_type = nullptr;
    annotation_.pending_data_type = 0;
    annotation_.pending_shape = nullptr;
  }

  // Stores the current annotations.
  static thread_local MemoryDebugAnnotation annotation_;

  // Stores the previous values in case the annotations are nested.
  MemoryDebugAnnotation last_annotation_;

  TF_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedMemoryDebugAnnotation);
};

// Runtime statistics collected by an allocator. Exactly the same as
// stream_executor::AllocatorStats, but independently defined to preserve the
// mutual independence of StreamExecutor and TensorFlow.
struct AllocatorStats {
  int64 num_allocs;          // Number of allocations.
  int64 bytes_in_use;        // Number of bytes in use.
  int64 peak_bytes_in_use;   // The peak bytes in use.
  int64 largest_alloc_size;  // The largest single allocation seen.

  // The upper limit of bytes of user allocatable device memory, if such a limit
  // is known.
  absl::optional<int64> bytes_limit;

  // Stats for reserved memory usage.
  int64 bytes_reserved;       // Number of bytes reserved.
  int64 peak_bytes_reserved;  // The peak number of bytes reserved.
  // The upper limit on the number bytes of reservable memory,
  // if such a limit is known.
  absl::optional<int64> bytes_reservable_limit;

  int64 largest_free_block_bytes;  // Largest free block's size in heap.

  AllocatorStats()
      : num_allocs(0),
        bytes_in_use(0),
        peak_bytes_in_use(0),
        largest_alloc_size(0),
        bytes_reserved(0),
        peak_bytes_reserved(0),
        largest_free_block_bytes(0) {}

  std::string DebugString() const;
};

// Allocator is an abstract interface for allocating and deallocating
// device memory.
class Allocator {
 public:
  // Align to 64 byte boundary.
  static constexpr size_t kAllocatorAlignment = 64;

  virtual ~Allocator();

  // Return a string identifying this allocator
  virtual std::string Name() = 0;

  // Return an uninitialized block of memory that is "num_bytes" bytes
  // in size.  The returned pointer is guaranteed to be aligned to a
  // multiple of "alignment" bytes.
  // REQUIRES: "alignment" is a power of 2.
  virtual void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes) = 0;

  // Return an uninitialized block of memory that is "num_bytes" bytes
  // in size with specified allocation attributes.  The returned pointer is
  // guaranteed to be aligned to a multiple of "alignment" bytes.
  // REQUIRES: "alignment" is a power of 2.
  virtual void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes,
                            const AllocationAttributes& allocation_attr) {
    // The default behavior is to use the implementation without any allocation
    // attributes.
    return AllocateRaw(alignment, num_bytes);
  }

  // Deallocate a block of memory pointer to by "ptr"
  // REQUIRES: "ptr" was previously returned by a call to AllocateRaw
  virtual void DeallocateRaw(void* ptr) = 0;

  // Returns true if this allocator tracks the sizes of allocations.
  // RequestedSize and AllocatedSize must be overridden if
  // TracksAllocationSizes is overridden to return true.
  virtual bool TracksAllocationSizes() const { return false; }

  // Returns true if this allocator allocates an opaque handle rather than the
  // requested number of bytes.
  //
  // This method returns false for most allocators, but may be used by
  // special-case allocators that track tensor usage. If this method returns
  // true, AllocateRaw() should be invoked for all values of `num_bytes`,
  // including 0.
  //
  // NOTE: It is the caller's responsibility to track whether an allocated
  // object is a buffer or an opaque handle. In particular, when this method
  // returns `true`, users of this allocator must not run any constructors or
  // destructors for complex objects, since there is no backing store for the
  // tensor in which to place their outputs.
  virtual bool AllocatesOpaqueHandle() const { return false; }

  // Returns the user-requested size of the data allocated at
  // 'ptr'.  Note that the actual buffer allocated might be larger
  // than requested, but this function returns the size requested by
  // the user.
  //
  // REQUIRES: TracksAllocationSizes() is true.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual size_t RequestedSize(const void* ptr) const {
    CHECK(false) << "allocator doesn't track sizes";
    return size_t(0);
  }

  // Returns the allocated size of the buffer at 'ptr' if known,
  // otherwise returns RequestedSize(ptr). AllocatedSize(ptr) is
  // guaranteed to be >= RequestedSize(ptr).
  //
  // REQUIRES: TracksAllocationSizes() is true.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual size_t AllocatedSize(const void* ptr) const {
    return RequestedSize(ptr);
  }

  // Returns either 0 or an identifier assigned to the buffer at 'ptr'
  // when the buffer was returned by AllocateRaw. If non-zero, the
  // identifier differs from every other ID assigned by this
  // allocator.
  //
  // REQUIRES: TracksAllocationSizes() is true.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual int64 AllocationId(const void* ptr) const { return 0; }

  // Returns the allocated size of the buffer at 'ptr' if known,
  // otherwise returns 0. This method can be called when
  // TracksAllocationSizes() is false, but can be extremely slow.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual size_t AllocatedSizeSlow(const void* ptr) const {
    if (TracksAllocationSizes()) {
      return AllocatedSize(ptr);
    }
    return 0;
  }

  // Fills in 'stats' with statistics collected by this allocator.
  virtual absl::optional<AllocatorStats> GetStats() { return absl::nullopt; }

  // Clears the internal stats except for the `in_use` field.
  virtual void ClearStats() {}

  virtual void SetSafeFrontier(uint64 count) {}
};

// An implementation of Allocator that delegates all calls to another Allocator.
//
// Useful to clients who want to override part of the functionality of another
// allocator.
class AllocatorWrapper : public Allocator {
 public:
  explicit AllocatorWrapper(Allocator* wrapped) : wrapped_(wrapped) {}

  ~AllocatorWrapper() override {}

  // Returns the wrapped allocator to which all calls are delegated.
  Allocator* wrapped() const { return wrapped_; }

  std::string Name() override { return wrapped_->Name(); }

  void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes) override {
    return wrapped_->AllocateRaw(alignment, num_bytes);
  }

  void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes,
                    const AllocationAttributes& allocation_attr) override {
    return wrapped_->AllocateRaw(alignment, num_bytes, allocation_attr);
  }

  void DeallocateRaw(void* ptr) override { wrapped_->DeallocateRaw(ptr); }

  bool TracksAllocationSizes() const override {
    return wrapped_->TracksAllocationSizes();
  }

  bool AllocatesOpaqueHandle() const override {
    return wrapped_->AllocatesOpaqueHandle();
  }

  size_t RequestedSize(const void* ptr) const override {
    return wrapped_->RequestedSize(ptr);
  }

  size_t AllocatedSize(const void* ptr) const override {
    return wrapped_->AllocatedSize(ptr);
  }

  int64 AllocationId(const void* ptr) const override {
    return wrapped_->AllocationId(ptr);
  }

  size_t AllocatedSizeSlow(const void* ptr) const override {
    return wrapped_->AllocatedSizeSlow(ptr);
  }

 private:
  Allocator* const wrapped_;
};

// A tensorflow Op may need access to different kinds of memory that
// are not simply a function of the device to which the Op has been
// assigned.  For example, an Op executing on a GPU may still need
// to allocate CPU RAM for some purpose.  Internal to the tensorflow
// runtime we may choose to allocate CPU ram from special regions
// that have been prepared for higher performance in some use
// contexts, e.g. doing DMA with particular devices.  For these
// reasons, the Device interface does not expose just one memory
// Allocator, but instead provides an accessor that takes a
// specification of the desired memory attributes in order to select
// an Allocator.
//
// Example use:
//  // Allocator for ordinary device memory:
//  Allocator* a = allocator(AllocatorAttributes());
// ...
//  // Allocator for CPU RAM, regardless of where Op is executing:
//  AllocatorAttributes attr;
//  attr.set_on_host(true);
//  Allocator* a = allocator(attr);
struct AllocatorAttributes {
  void set_on_host(bool v) { value |= (static_cast<int>(v)); }
  bool on_host() const { return value & 0x1; }
  void set_nic_compatible(bool v) { value |= (static_cast<int>(v) << 1); }
  bool nic_compatible() const { return value & (0x1 << 1); }
  void set_gpu_compatible(bool v) { value |= (static_cast<int>(v) << 2); }
  bool gpu_compatible() const { return value & (0x1 << 2); }
  void Merge(AllocatorAttributes other) {
    value |= other.value;
    if (scope_id != other.scope_id) {
      CHECK(scope_id == 0 || other.scope_id == 0)
          << "At least one scope_id should be zero to merge "
             "AllocatorAttributes but found this.scope_id="
          << scope_id << " and other.scope_id=" << other.scope_id;
      scope_id = scope_id == 0 ? other.scope_id : scope_id;
    }
  }
  // Returns true if the fields set in *this is a subset of or equal to
  // those set in other.
  bool IsEqualOrLessRestrictiveThan(const AllocatorAttributes& other) const {
    return (value | other.value) == other.value;
  }

  // NOTE: The upper 8 bits of the value are reserved for
  // device-specific uses.  Implementors of a device can interpret these
  // upper 8 bits in device-specific ways, and ops implemented for those
  // devices are responsible for setting those 8 bits appropriately.
  uint32 value = 0;
  // EXPERIMENTAL: If this is greater than zero, then allocation is delegated to
  // a named special-purpose allocator on the same device.
  int32 scope_id = 0;

  // Returns a human readable representation of this.
  std::string DebugString() const;
};

// Returns a trivial implementation of Allocator, which is a process singleton.
// Access through this function is only intended for use by restricted parts
// of the infrastructure.
Allocator* cpu_allocator_base();

// If available, calls ProcessState::GetCPUAllocator(numa_node).
// If not, falls back to cpu_allocator_base().
// Intended for use in contexts where ProcessState is not visible at
// compile time. Where ProcessState is visible, it's preferable to
// call it directly.
Allocator* cpu_allocator(int numa_node = port::kNUMANoAffinity);

// Enables AllocatorStats in the default CPU allocator implementation.  By
// default, it's disabled.
void EnableCPUAllocatorStats();
// Disables AllocatorStats in the default CPU allocator implementation.  By
// default, it's disabled.
void DisableCPUAllocatorStats();
bool CPUAllocatorStatsEnabled();

// Enables full statistics collection in the default CPU allocator
// implementation.  By default, it's disabled.
void EnableCPUAllocatorFullStats();
bool CPUAllocatorFullStatsEnabled();

// An object that does the underlying suballoc/free of memory for a higher-level
// allocator.  The expectation is that the higher-level allocator is doing some
// kind of cache or pool management so that it will call SubAllocator::Alloc and
// Free relatively infrequently, compared to the number of times its own
// AllocateRaw and Free methods are called.
class SubAllocator {
 public:
  // Visitor gets called with a pointer to a memory area and its
  // size in bytes.  The index value will be numa_node for a CPU
  // allocator and GPU id for a GPU allocator.
  typedef std::function<void(void*, int index, size_t)> Visitor;

  SubAllocator(const std::vector<Visitor>& alloc_visitors,
               const std::vector<Visitor>& free_visitors);

  virtual ~SubAllocator() {}
  // Allocates at least num_bytes. Returns actual number of bytes allocated in
  // bytes_received. The caller can safely use the full bytes_received sized
  // buffer following the returend pointer.
  virtual void* Alloc(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes,
                      size_t* bytes_received) = 0;
  virtual void Free(void* ptr, size_t num_bytes) = 0;

  // Returns true if the BFC allocator can safely coalesce adjacent regions
  // returned by this allocator.
  virtual bool SupportsCoalescing() const = 0;

 protected:
  // Implementation of Alloc() method must call this on newly allocated
  // value.
  void VisitAlloc(void* ptr, int index, size_t num_bytes);

  // Implementation of Free() method must call this on value to be
  // freed immediately before deallocation.
  void VisitFree(void* ptr, int index, size_t num_bytes);

  const std::vector<Visitor> alloc_visitors_;
  const std::vector<Visitor> free_visitors_;
};

}  // namespace tensorflow

#endif  // TENSORFLOW_CORE_FRAMEWORK_ALLOCATOR_H_