Memory management routines

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Memory management routines#

ROCSHMEM_MALLOC#

__host__ void *rocshmem_malloc(size_t size)#

Parameters:: size – Memory allocation size in bytes.
Returns:: A pointer to the allocated memory on the symmetric heap. If a valid allocation cannot be made, it returns NULL.

Description: This routine allocates memory of size bytes from the symmetric heap. This is a collective operation and must be called by all PEs.

ROCSHMEM_FREE#

__host__ void rocshmem_free(void *ptr)#

Parameters:: ptr – A pointer to previously allocated memory on the symmetric heap.
Returns:: None.

Description: This routine frees a memory allocation from the symmetric heap. It is a collective operation and must be called by all PEs.