[−][src]Function rustacuda::memory::cuda_malloc_locked
pub unsafe fn cuda_malloc_locked<T>(count: usize) -> CudaResult<*mut T>
Unsafe wrapper around the cuMemAllocHost
function, which allocates some page-locked host memory
and returns a raw pointer pointing to it. The memory is not cleared.
Note that count
is in units of T; thus a count
of 3 will allocate 3 * size_of::<T>()
bytes
of memory.
Memory buffers allocated using cuda_malloc_locked
must be freed using cuda_free_locked
.
Errors
If allocating memory fails, returns the CUDA error value. If the number of bytes to allocate is zero (either because count is zero or because T is a zero-sized type), or if the size of the allocation would overflow a usize, returns InvalidValue.
Safety
Since the allocated memory is not initialized, the caller must ensure that it is initialized
before reading from it in any way. Additionally, the caller must ensure that the memory
allocated is freed using cuda_free_locked
, or the memory will be leaked.
Examples
use rustacuda::memory::*; unsafe { // Allocate space for 5 u64s let locked_buffer = cuda_malloc_locked::<u64>(5).unwrap(); cuda_free_locked(locked_buffer).unwrap(); }