Paddle/paddle/memory/detail/system_allocator.cc

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#include "paddle/memory/detail/system_allocator.h"
#include "paddle/platform/assert.h"
#include "paddle/platform/enforce.h"
#include "paddle/platform/gpu_info.h"

#include <stdlib.h>    // for malloc and free
#include <sys/mman.h>  // for mlock and munlock

#include "gflags/gflags.h"

// If use_pinned_memory is true, CPUAllocator calls mlock, which
// returns pinned and locked memory as staging areas for data exchange
// between host and device.  Allocates too much would reduce the amount
// of memory available to the system for paging.  So, by default, we
// should set false to use_pinned_memory.
DEFINE_bool(use_pinned_memory, true, "If set, allocate cpu pinned memory.");

namespace paddle {
namespace memory {
namespace detail {

void* CPUAllocator::Alloc(size_t& index, size_t size) {
  // According to http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdlib/malloc/,
  // malloc might not return nullptr if size is zero, but the returned
  // pointer shall not be dereferenced -- so we make it nullptr.
  if (size <= 0) return nullptr;

  index = 0;  // unlock memory

  void* p;

#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
  // refer to https://github.com/01org/mkl-dnn/blob/master/include/mkldnn.hpp
  // memory alignment
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(posix_memalign(&p, 4096ul, size), 0);
#else
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(posix_memalign(&p, 32ul, size), 0);
#endif
  PADDLE_ENFORCE(p, "Fail to allocate CPU memory: size = %d .", size);

  if (p != nullptr) {
    if (FLAGS_use_pinned_memory) {
      index = 1;
      mlock(p, size);  // lock memory
    }
  }

  return p;
}

void CPUAllocator::Free(void* p, size_t size, size_t index) {
  if (p != nullptr && index == 1) {
    munlock(p, size);
  }
  free(p);
}

bool CPUAllocator::UseGpu() const { return false; }

#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA

void* GPUAllocator::Alloc(size_t& index, size_t size) {
  // CUDA documentation doesn't explain if cudaMalloc returns nullptr
  // if size is 0.  We just make sure it does.
  if (size <= 0) return nullptr;

  size_t available = 0;
  size_t capacity = 0;
  paddle::platform::GpuMemoryUsage(available, capacity);

  // Reserve memory for page tables, etc.
  size_t reserving = 0.05 * capacity + paddle::platform::GpuMinChunkSize();
  size_t usable = available > reserving ? available - reserving : 0;

  // If remaining size no less than expected size, using general
  // cudaMalloc to allocate GPU memory.
  void* p = 0;
  if (size <= usable) {
    cudaError_t result = cudaMalloc(&p, size);
    if (result == cudaSuccess) {
      index = 0;
      gpu_alloc_size_ += size;
      return p;
    }
  }

  // If remaining size less than expected size or cudaMalloc failed,
  // cudaMallocHost will be considered as a fallback allocator.
  //
  // NOTE: here, we use GpuMaxAllocSize() as the maximum memory size
  // of host fallback allocation. Allocates too much would reduce
  // the amount of memory available to the underlying system for paging.
  usable = paddle::platform::GpuMaxAllocSize() - fallback_alloc_size_;

  if (size > usable) return nullptr;

  cudaError_t result = cudaMallocHost(&p, size);
  if (result == cudaSuccess) {
    index = 1;
    fallback_alloc_size_ += size;
    return p;
  }

  return nullptr;
}

void GPUAllocator::Free(void* p, size_t size, size_t index) {
  cudaError_t err;

  if (index == 0) {
    PADDLE_ASSERT(gpu_alloc_size_ >= size);
    gpu_alloc_size_ -= size;
    err = cudaFree(p);
  } else {
    PADDLE_ASSERT(fallback_alloc_size_ >= size);
    fallback_alloc_size_ -= size;
    err = cudaFreeHost(p);
  }

  // Purposefully allow cudaErrorCudartUnloading, because
  // that is returned if you ever call cudaFree after the
  // driver has already shutdown. This happens only if the
  // process is terminating, in which case we don't care if
  // cudaFree succeeds.
  if (err != cudaErrorCudartUnloading) {
    PADDLE_ENFORCE(err, "cudaFree{Host} failed in GPUAllocator::Free.");
  }
}

bool GPUAllocator::UseGpu() const { return true; }

#endif

}  // namespace detail
}  // namespace memory
}  // namespace paddle