Memory Management

cudaFree cudaFreeArray cudaFreeHost cudaGetSymbolAddress cudaGetSymbolSize cudaHostAlloc cudaHostGetDevicePointer cudaHostGetFlags cudaMalloc cudaMalloc3D cudaMalloc3DArray cudaMallocArray cudaMallocHost cudaMallocPitch cudaMemcpy cudaMemcpy2D cudaMemcpy2DArrayToArray cudaMemcpy2DAsync cudaMemcpy2DFromArray cudaMemcpy2DFromArrayAsync cudaMemcpy2DToArray cudaMemcpy2DToArrayAsync cudaMemcpy3D cudaMemcpy3DAsync cudaMemcpyArrayToArray cudaMemcpyAsync cudaMemcpyFromArray cudaMemcpyFromArrayAsync cudaMemcpyFromSymbol cudaMemcpyFromSymbolAsync cudaMemcpyToArray cudaMemcpyToArrayAsync cudaMemcpyToSymbol cudaMemcpyToSymbolAsync cudaMemGetInfo cudaMemset cudaMemset2D cudaMemset2DAsync cudaMemset3D cudaMemset3DAsync cudaMemsetAsync make_cudaExtent make_cudaPitchedPtr make_cudaPos

cudaError_t cudaMallocHost ( void **  ptr, size_t  size   ) Allocates size bytes of host memory that is page-locked and accessible to the device. The driver tracks the virtual memory ranges allocated with this function and automatically accelerates calls to functions such as cudaMemcpy*(). Since the memory can be accessed directly by the device, it can be read or written with much higher bandwidth than pageable memory obtained with functions such as malloc(). Allocating excessive amounts of memory with cudaMallocHost() may degrade system performance, since it reduces the amount of memory available to the system for paging. As a result, this function is best used sparingly to allocate staging areas for data exchange between host and device. Parameters: ptr  - Pointer to allocated host memory size  - Requested allocation size in bytes Returns: cudaSuccess, cudaErrorMemoryAllocation Note: Note that this function may also return error codes from previous, asynchronous launches. See also: cudaMalloc, cudaMallocPitch, cudaMallocArray, cudaMalloc3D, cudaMalloc3DArray, cudaHostAlloc, cudaFree, cudaFreeArray, cudaMallocHost (C++ API), cudaFreeHost, cudaHostAlloc