ArrayFire: allocHost (original) (raw)
Allocate memory on host. More...
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| AFAPI void * | allocHost (const size_t elements, const dtype type) |
| Allocate memory on host. More... | |
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| AFAPI T * | allocHost (const size_t elements) |
| Allocate memory on host. More... | |
| AFAPI af_err | af_alloc_host (void **ptr, const dim_t bytes) |
Allocate memory on host.
This function is used for allocating regular memory on host. This is useful where the compiler version of ArrayFire library is different from the executable's compiler version.
It does not use ArrayFire's memory manager.
◆ af_alloc_host()
| AFAPI T * allocHost | ( | const size_t | elements | ) |
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Allocate memory on host.
Allocate memory on host.
This function is used for allocating regular memory on host. This is useful where the compiler version of ArrayFire library is different from the executable's compiler version.
It does not use ArrayFire's memory manager.
Parameters
| [in] | elements | the number of elements to allocate |
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Returns
the pointer to the memory
Note
the size of the memory allocated is the number of elements * sizeof(type)
◆ allocHost() [2/2]
| AFAPI void * allocHost | ( | const size_t | elements, |
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| const dtype | type | ||
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Allocate memory on host.
Allocate memory on host.
This function is used for allocating regular memory on host. This is useful where the compiler version of ArrayFire library is different from the executable's compiler version.
It does not use ArrayFire's memory manager.
Parameters
| [in] | elements | the number of elements to allocate |
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| [in] | type | is the type of the elements to allocate |
Returns
the pointer to the memory