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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_CORE_FRAMEWORK_ALLOCATOR_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_CORE_FRAMEWORK_ALLOCATOR_H_

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <limits>

#include "tensorflow/core/framework/numeric_types.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/type_traits.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/variant.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/logging.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/types.h"

namespace tensorflow {

// Attributes for a single allocation call. Different calls to the same
// allocator could potentially have different allocation attributes.
struct AllocationAttributes {
  // If the first attempt to allocate the memory fails, the allocation
  // should return immediately without retrying.
  // An example use case is optional scratch spaces where a failure
  // has only performance impact.
  bool no_retry_on_failure = false;
  // If a Tensor is allocated without the following set to true, then
  // it is logged as an unknown allocation. During execution Tensors
  // should be allocated through the OpKernelContext which records
  // which Op is performing the allocation, and sets this flag to
  // true.
  bool allocation_will_be_logged = false;
};

// Runtime statistics collected by an allocator.
struct AllocatorStats {
  int64 num_allocs;        // Number of allocations.
  int64 bytes_in_use;      // Number of bytes in use.
  int64 max_bytes_in_use;  // The maximum bytes in use.
  int64 max_alloc_size;    // The max single allocation seen.

  // The upper limit what the allocator can allocate, if such a limit
  // is known. Certain allocator may return 0 to indicate the limit is
  // unknown.
  int64 bytes_limit;

  AllocatorStats() { Clear(); }

  void Clear();
  string DebugString() const;
};

// Allocator is an abstract interface for allocating and deallocating
// device memory.
class Allocator {
 public:
  // Align to 64 byte boundary.
  static constexpr size_t kAllocatorAlignment = 64;

  virtual ~Allocator();

  // Return a string identifying this allocator
  virtual string Name() = 0;

  // Return an uninitialized block of memory that is "num_bytes" bytes
  // in size.  The returned pointer is guaranteed to be aligned to a
  // multiple of "alignment" bytes.
  // REQUIRES: "alignment" is a power of 2.
  virtual void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes) = 0;

  // Return an uninitialized block of memory that is "num_bytes" bytes
  // in size with specified allocation attributes.  The returned pointer is
  // guaranteed to be aligned to a multiple of "alignment" bytes.
  // REQUIRES: "alignment" is a power of 2.
  virtual void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes,
                            const AllocationAttributes& allocation_attr) {
    // The default behavior is to use the implementation without any allocation
    // attributes.
    return AllocateRaw(alignment, num_bytes);
  }

  // Deallocate a block of memory pointer to by "ptr"
  // REQUIRES: "ptr" was previously returned by a call to AllocateRaw
  virtual void DeallocateRaw(void* ptr) = 0;

  // Convenience functions to do typed allocation.  C++ constructors
  // and destructors are invoked for complex types if necessary,
  // depending on the concrete Allocator implementation. May return
  // NULL if the tensor has too many elements to represent in a single
  // allocation.
  template <typename T>
  T* Allocate(size_t num_elements) {
    return Allocate<T>(num_elements, AllocationAttributes());
  }

  template <typename T>
  T* Allocate(size_t num_elements,
              const AllocationAttributes& allocation_attr) {
    // TODO(jeff): Do we need to allow clients to pass in alignment
    // requirements?

    if (num_elements > (std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max() / sizeof(T))) {
      return NULL;
    }

    void* p = AllocateRaw(kAllocatorAlignment, sizeof(T) * num_elements,
                          allocation_attr);
    T* typed_p = reinterpret_cast<T*>(p);
    if (typed_p) RunCtor<T>(typed_p, num_elements);
    return typed_p;
  }

  template <typename T>
  void Deallocate(T* ptr, size_t num_elements) {
    if (ptr) {
      RunDtor<T>(ptr, num_elements);
      DeallocateRaw(ptr);
    }
  }

  // Returns true if this allocator tracks the sizes of allocations.
  // RequestedSize and AllocatedSize must be overridden if
  // TracksAllocationSizes is overridden to return true.
  virtual bool TracksAllocationSizes() { return false; }

  // Returns true if this allocator requires tensors with 0 elements
  // to allocate buffers. This is false for most allocators, but may
  // be used by special-case allocators that want to track tensor
  // usage.
  virtual bool ShouldAllocateEmptyTensors() { return false; }

  // Returns the user-requested size of the data allocated at
  // 'ptr'.  Note that the actual buffer allocated might be larger
  // than requested, but this function returns the size requested by
  // the user.
  //
  // REQUIRES: TracksAllocationSizes() is true.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual size_t RequestedSize(const void* ptr) {
    CHECK(false) << "allocator doesn't track sizes";
    return size_t(0);
  }

  // Returns the allocated size of the buffer at 'ptr' if known,
  // otherwise returns RequestedSize(ptr). AllocatedSize(ptr) is
  // guaranteed to be >= RequestedSize(ptr).
  //
  // REQUIRES: TracksAllocationSizes() is true.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual size_t AllocatedSize(const void* ptr) { return RequestedSize(ptr); }

  // Returns either 0 or an identifier assigned to the buffer at 'ptr'
  // when the buffer was returned by AllocateRaw. If non-zero, the
  // identifier differs from every other ID assigned by this
  // allocator.
  //
  // REQUIRES: TracksAllocationSizes() is true.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual int64 AllocationId(const void* ptr) { return 0; }

  // Returns the allocated size of the buffer at 'ptr' if known,
  // otherwise returns 0. This method can be called when
  // TracksAllocationSizes() is false, but can be extremely slow.
  //
  // REQUIRES: 'ptr!=nullptr' and points to a buffer previously
  // allocated by this allocator.
  virtual size_t AllocatedSizeSlow(const void* ptr) {
    if (TracksAllocationSizes()) {
      return AllocatedSize(ptr);
    }
    return 0;
  }

  // Fills in 'stats' with statistics collected by this allocator.
  virtual void GetStats(AllocatorStats* stats) { stats->Clear(); }

  // Clears the internal stats except for the `in_use` field.
  virtual void ClearStats() {}

 private:
  // No constructors or destructors are run for simple types
  template <typename T>
  void RunCtor(T* p, size_t n) {
    static_assert(is_simple_type<T>::value, "T is not a simple type.");
  }

  template <typename T>
  void RunDtor(T* p, size_t n) {}

  // custom constructors and destructors that can be overridden for
  // non-standard allocators

  // Runs string's default constructor for  p[0], p[1], ..., p[n-1].
  virtual void RunStringCtor(string* p, size_t n) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++p, ++i) new (p) string();
  }

  // Runs string's default destructor for  p[0], p[1], ..., p[n-1].
  virtual void RunStringDtor(string* p, size_t n) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++p, ++i) p->~string();
  }

  virtual void RunResourceCtor(ResourceHandle* p, size_t n) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++p, ++i) new (p) ResourceHandle();
  }

  // Runs string's default destructor for  p[0], p[1], ..., p[n-1].
  virtual void RunResourceDtor(ResourceHandle* p, size_t n) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++p, ++i) p->~ResourceHandle();
  }

  virtual void RunVariantCtor(Variant* p, size_t n) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++p, ++i) new (p) Variant();
  }

  virtual void RunVariantDtor(Variant* p, size_t n) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++p, ++i) p->~Variant();
  }

  // TODO(jeff): Maybe provide some interface to give info about
  // current allocation state (total number of bytes available for
  // allocation, number of bytes free on device, etc.)
};

// Allocator-specific constructors and destructors are used for
// strings
template <>
inline void Allocator::RunCtor(string* p, size_t n) {
  RunStringCtor(p, n);
}

template <>
inline void Allocator::RunDtor(string* p, size_t n) {
  RunStringDtor(p, n);
}

template <>
inline void Allocator::RunCtor(ResourceHandle* p, size_t n) {
  RunResourceCtor(p, n);
}

template <>
inline void Allocator::RunDtor(ResourceHandle* p, size_t n) {
  RunResourceDtor(p, n);
}

template <>
inline void Allocator::RunCtor(Variant* p, size_t n) {
  RunVariantCtor(p, n);
}

template <>
inline void Allocator::RunDtor(Variant* p, size_t n) {
  RunVariantDtor(p, n);
}

// An implementation of Allocator that delegates all calls to another Allocator.
//
// Useful to clients who want to override part of the functionality of another
// allocator.
class AllocatorWrapper : public Allocator {
 public:
  explicit AllocatorWrapper(Allocator* wrapped) : wrapped_(wrapped) {}

  ~AllocatorWrapper() override {}

  // Returns the wrapped allocator to which all calls are delegated.
  Allocator* wrapped() const { return wrapped_; }

  string Name() override { return wrapped_->Name(); }

  void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes) override {
    return wrapped_->AllocateRaw(alignment, num_bytes);
  }

  void* AllocateRaw(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes,
                    const AllocationAttributes& allocation_attr) override {
    return wrapped_->AllocateRaw(alignment, num_bytes, allocation_attr);
  }

  void DeallocateRaw(void* ptr) override { wrapped_->DeallocateRaw(ptr); }

  bool TracksAllocationSizes() override {
    return wrapped_->TracksAllocationSizes();
  }

  bool ShouldAllocateEmptyTensors() override {
    return wrapped_->TracksAllocationSizes();
  }

  size_t RequestedSize(const void* ptr) override {
    return wrapped_->RequestedSize(ptr);
  }

  size_t AllocatedSize(const void* ptr) override {
    return wrapped_->AllocatedSize(ptr);
  }

  int64 AllocationId(const void* ptr) override {
    return wrapped_->AllocationId(ptr);
  }

  size_t AllocatedSizeSlow(const void* ptr) override {
    return wrapped_->AllocatedSizeSlow(ptr);
  }

 private:
  Allocator* const wrapped_;
};

// A tensorflow Op may need access to different kinds of memory that
// are not simply a function of the device to which the Op has been
// assigned.  For example, an Op executing on a GPU may still need
// to allocate CPU RAM for some purpose.  Internal to the tensorflow
// runtime we may choose to allocate CPU ram from special regions
// that have been prepared for higher performance in some use
// contexts, e.g. doing DMA with particular devices.  For these
// reasons, the Device interface does not expose just one memory
// Allocator, but instead provides an accessor that takes a
// specification of the desired memory attributes in order to select
// an Allocator.
//
// Example use:
//  // Allocator for ordinary device memory:
//  Allocator* a = allocator(AllocatorAttributes());
// ...
//  // Allocator for CPU RAM, regardless of where Op is executing:
//  AllocatorAttributes attr;
//  attr.set_on_host(true);
//  Allocator* a = allocator(attr);
struct AllocatorAttributes {
  void set_on_host(bool v) { value |= (static_cast<int>(v)); }
  bool on_host() const { return value & 0x1; }
  void set_nic_compatible(bool v) { value |= (static_cast<int>(v) << 1); }
  bool nic_compatible() const { return value & (0x1 << 1); }
  void set_gpu_compatible(bool v) { value |= (static_cast<int>(v) << 2); }
  bool gpu_compatible() const { return value & (0x1 << 2); }
  void Merge(AllocatorAttributes other) {
    value |= other.value;
    scope_id = (scope_id > 0 && other.scope_id == 0)
                   ? scope_id
                   : ((scope_id == 0) ? other.scope_id : 0);
  }
  // Returns true if the fields set in *this is a subset of or equal to
  // those set in other.
  bool IsEqualOrLessRestrictiveThan(const AllocatorAttributes& other) const {
    return (value | other.value) == other.value;
  }

  // NOTE: The upper 8 bits of the value are reserved for
  // device-specific uses.  Implementors of a device can interpret these
  // upper 8 bits in device-specific ways, and ops implemented for those
  // devices are responsible for setting those 8 bits appropriately.
  uint32 value = 0;
  // EXPERIMENTAL: If this is greater than zero, then allocation is delegated to
  // a named special-purpose allocator on the same device.
  int32 scope_id = 0;
};

// Returns a trivial implementation of Allocator which uses the system
// default malloc. The returned allocator is a process singleton.
Allocator* cpu_allocator();

// If 'enable' is true, the process-wide cpu allocator collects
// AllocatorStats. By default, it's disabled.
void EnableCPUAllocatorStats(bool enable);

// If 'enable' is true, the process-wide cpu allocator collects full
// statistics. By default, it's disabled.
void EnableCPUAllocatorFullStats(bool enable);

// Abstract interface of an object that does the underlying suballoc/free of
// memory for a higher-level allocator.
class SubAllocator {
 public:
  virtual ~SubAllocator() {}
  virtual void* Alloc(size_t alignment, size_t num_bytes) = 0;
  virtual void Free(void* ptr, size_t num_bytes) = 0;
};

}  // namespace tensorflow

#endif  // TENSORFLOW_CORE_FRAMEWORK_ALLOCATOR_H_