tensorflow/core/platform/mem.h

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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_CORE_PLATFORM_MEM_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_CORE_PLATFORM_MEM_H_

// TODO(cwhipkey): remove this when callers use annotations directly.
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/dynamic_annotations.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/platform.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/types.h"

namespace tensorflow {
namespace port {

// Aligned allocation/deallocation. `minimum_alignment` must be a power of 2
// and a multiple of sizeof(void*).
void* AlignedMalloc(size_t size, int minimum_alignment);
void AlignedFree(void* aligned_memory);

void* Malloc(size_t size);
void* Realloc(void* ptr, size_t size);
void Free(void* ptr);

// Tries to release num_bytes of free memory back to the operating
// system for reuse.  Use this routine with caution -- to get this
// memory back may require faulting pages back in by the OS, and
// that may be slow.
//
// Currently, if a malloc implementation does not support this
// routine, this routine is a no-op.
void MallocExtension_ReleaseToSystem(std::size_t num_bytes);

// Returns the actual number N of bytes reserved by the malloc for the
// pointer p.  This number may be equal to or greater than the number
// of bytes requested when p was allocated.
//
// This routine is just useful for statistics collection.  The
// client must *not* read or write from the extra bytes that are
// indicated by this call.
//
// Example, suppose the client gets memory by calling
//    p = malloc(10)
// and GetAllocatedSize(p) may return 16.  The client must only use the
// first 10 bytes p[0..9], and not attempt to read or write p[10..15].
//
// Currently, if a malloc implementation does not support this
// routine, this routine returns 0.
std::size_t MallocExtension_GetAllocatedSize(const void* p);

// Returns the amount of RAM available in bytes, or INT64_MAX if unknown.
int64 AvailableRam();

}  // namespace port
}  // namespace tensorflow

#endif  // TENSORFLOW_CORE_PLATFORM_MEM_H_