tensorflow/stream_executor/scratch_allocator.h

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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_STREAM_EXECUTOR_SCRATCH_ALLOCATOR_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_STREAM_EXECUTOR_SCRATCH_ALLOCATOR_H_

#include <memory>

#include "tensorflow/stream_executor/device_memory.h"
#include "tensorflow/stream_executor/lib/statusor.h"
#include "tensorflow/stream_executor/platform/port.h"
#include "tensorflow/stream_executor/temporary_device_memory.h"

namespace stream_executor {

class Stream;

// Interface for "scratch" allocator for device memory, which deallocates all
// buffers it has allocated at destruction. Returned memory pointers are not
// owning.
//
// Used by stream operations (e.g. Stream::ThenConvolveWithScratch) to
// optionally request scratch space to speed up the operation.
class ScratchAllocator {
 public:
  virtual ~ScratchAllocator();

  // Returns a limit of memory this scratch allocator wants to produce, in
  // bytes. This information may be used to help select an algorithm.
  //
  // Returns values < 0 to indicate that there is no recommended limit.
  virtual int64 GetMemoryLimitInBytes() = 0;

  // Returns an allocation on byte_size bytes for use in an operation on stream.
  //
  // This is a temporary allocation, and the caller is responsible for
  // deallocating at some known-safe point. See the class comment above.
  virtual port::StatusOr<DeviceMemory<uint8>> AllocateBytes(
      int64 byte_size) = 0;
};

// Allocates a single temporary memory allocation -- this memory is deallocated
// at the next stream synchronization point after this object has gone out of
// scope. This satisfies the lifetime and deallocation properties given in the
// class comment above.
//
// Thread-compatible, but not thread-safe (use in scenarios where only one
// thread will request the scratch allocation).
class OneTimeScratchAllocator : public ScratchAllocator {
 public:
  explicit OneTimeScratchAllocator(Stream* stream);
  ~OneTimeScratchAllocator() override;
  int64 GetMemoryLimitInBytes() override;
  port::StatusOr<DeviceMemory<uint8>> AllocateBytes(int64 byte_size) override;

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<TemporaryDeviceMemory<uint8>> temporary_;
  Stream* stream_;

  SE_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(OneTimeScratchAllocator);
};

}  // namespace stream_executor

#endif  // TENSORFLOW_STREAM_EXECUTOR_SCRATCH_ALLOCATOR_H_