ai.rapids.cudf

Interface HostMemoryAllocator

All Known Subinterfaces:

HostMemoryReservation

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultHostMemoryAllocator

public interface HostMemoryAllocator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HostMemoryBuffer	allocate(long bytes) Allocate memory, but be sure to close the returned buffer to avoid memory leaks.
HostMemoryBuffer	allocate(long bytes, boolean preferPinned) Allocate memory, but be sure to close the returned buffer to avoid memory leaks.

Method Detail

allocate

HostMemoryBuffer allocate(long bytes,
                          boolean preferPinned)

Allocate memory, but be sure to close the returned buffer to avoid memory leaks.

Parameters:

bytes - size in bytes to allocate

preferPinned - If set to true, the pinned memory pool will be used if possible with a fallback to off-heap memory. If set to false, the allocation will always be from off-heap memory.

Returns:

the newly created buffer

allocate

HostMemoryBuffer allocate(long bytes)

Allocate memory, but be sure to close the returned buffer to avoid memory leaks. Pinned memory for allocations preference is up to the implementor

Parameters:

bytes - size in bytes to allocate

Returns:

the newly created buffer