Method mallocDevice

extensions/include/cuMat/src/Context.h:271–286

* \brief Allocates size-number of bytes on the device system. * This memory must be freed with freeDevice(void*). * * Note that allocate zero bytes is perfectly fine. * That is also the only case in which this function might * return NULL. * Otherwise, always a valid pointer must be returned * or an exception is thrown. * * \param size the number of bytes to allocate * \return the adress

	* \return the adress of the new device memory
	*/
	void* mallocDevice(size_t size)
	{
        CUMAT_PROFILING_INC(DeviceMemAlloc);
		//TODO: add a plugin-mechanism for custom allocators
		if (size == 0) return nullptr;
#if CUMAT_CONTEXT_DEBUG_MEMORY==1
		allocationsDevice_++;
#endif
		void* memory;
#if CUMAT_CONTEXT_USE_CUB_ALLOCATOR==1
        CUMAT_SAFE_CALL(getCubAllocator().DeviceAllocate(device_, &memory, size, stream_));
#else
		CUMAT_SAFE_CALL(cudaMalloc(&memory, size));
#endif
		return memory;
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Frees memory previously allocated with allocateHost(size_t).