ArrayFire: allocHost (original) (raw)

Allocate memory on host. More...

Functions
AFAPI void * allocHost (const size_t elements, const dtype type)
Allocate memory on host. More...
template
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 )

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

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,
const dtype type
)

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
[in] type is the type of the elements to allocate

Returns

the pointer to the memory