Method mallocHost

extensions/include/cuMat/src/Context.h:245–256

* \brief Allocates size-number of bytes on the host system. * This memory must be freed with freeHost(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 t

	 * \return the adress of the new host memory
	 */
	void* mallocHost(size_t size)
	{
        CUMAT_PROFILING_INC(HostMemAlloc);
		//TODO: add a plugin-mechanism for custom allocators
		if (size == 0) return nullptr;
#if CUMAT_CONTEXT_DEBUG_MEMORY==1
		allocationsHost_++;
#endif
		void* memory;
		CUMAT_SAFE_CALL(cudaMallocHost(&memory, size));
		return memory;
	}

	/**
	* \brief Allocates size-number of bytes on the device system.