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35 /*! \file
36 * \brief
37 * Declares gmx::Allocator template whose allocation functionality is
38 * configured both by type of object allocated and a policy class that
39 * configures the necessary matching malloc and free operation.
41 * \author Erik Lindahl <erik.lindahl@gmail.com>
42 * \author Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham@gmail.com>
43 * \inpublicapi
44 * \ingroup module_utility
46 #ifndef GMX_UTILITY_ALLOCATOR_H
47 #define GMX_UTILITY_ALLOCATOR_H
49 #include <cstddef>
51 #include <memory>
52 #include <new>
54 #include "gromacs/utility/basedefinitions.h"
56 namespace gmx
59 /*! \libinternal \brief Policy-based memory allocator.
61 * \tparam T Type of objects to allocate
62 * \tparam AllocationPolicy Policy of (matching) allocation and deallocation functions.
64 * This class can be used for the optional allocator template
65 * parameter in standard library containers. It must be configured
66 * with both the type of object to allocate, and an AllocationPolicy
67 * which effectively wraps a matching pair of malloc and free
68 * functions. This permits implementing a family of related allocators
69 * e.g. with SIMD alignment, GPU host-side page locking, or perhaps
70 * both, in a way that preserves a common programming interface and
71 * duplicates minimal code.
73 * AllocationPolicy is used as a base class, so that if
74 * AllocationPolicy is stateless, then the empty base optimization
75 * will ensure that Allocation is also stateless, and objects made
76 * with the Allocator will incur no size penalty. (Embedding an
77 * AllocationPolicy object incurs a size penalty always, even if the
78 * object is empty.) Normally a stateless allocator will be used.
80 * However, an AllocationPolicy with state might be desirable for
81 * simplifying writing code that needs to allocate suitably for a
82 * transfer to a GPU. That code needs to specify an Allocator that can
83 * do the right job, which can be stateless. However, if we have code
84 * that will not know until run time whether a GPU transfer will
85 * occur, then the allocator needs to be aware of the state. That
86 * will increase the size of a container that uses the stateful
87 * allocator.
89 * \throws std::bad_alloc Instead of a GROMACS exception object, we
90 * throw the standard one on allocation failures to make it as
91 * compatible as possible with the errors expected by code using the
92 * standard library containers.
94 * \inlibraryapi
95 * \ingroup module_utility
97 template<class T, typename AllocationPolicy>
98 class Allocator : public AllocationPolicy
100 public:
101 // The standard library specification for a custom allocator
102 // requires this typedef, with this capitalization/underscoring.
103 typedef T value_type; //!< Type of allocated elements
105 /*! \brief Constructor
107 * No constructor can be auto-generated in the presence of any
108 * user-defined constructor, but we want the default constructor.
110 Allocator() = default;
112 /*! \brief Constructor to accept an AllocationPolicy.
114 * This is useful for AllocationPolicies with state.
116 Allocator(const AllocationPolicy& p) : AllocationPolicy(p) {}
118 /*! \brief Do the actual memory allocation
120 * \param n Number of elements of type T to allocate. n can be
121 * 0 bytes, which will return a non-null properly aligned
122 * and padded pointer that should not be used.
123 * \param hint Optional value returned from previous call to allocate.
124 * For now this is not used.
125 * \return Pointer to allocated memory
127 * \throws std::bad_alloc if the allocation fails.
129 value_type* allocate(std::size_t n, typename std::allocator<void>::const_pointer gmx_unused hint = nullptr)
131 void* p = AllocationPolicy::malloc(n * sizeof(T));
133 if (p == nullptr)
135 throw std::bad_alloc();
137 else
139 return static_cast<value_type*>(p);
143 /*! \brief Release memory
145 * \param p Pointer to previously allocated memory returned from allocate()
146 * \param n number of objects previously passed to allocate()
148 void deallocate(value_type* p, std::size_t gmx_unused n) { AllocationPolicy::free(p); }
150 /*! \brief Return true if two allocators are identical
152 * This is a member function of the left-hand-side allocator.
153 * Always true for stateless polcies. Has to be defined in the policy for stateful policies.
154 * FUTURE: Can be removed with C++17 (is_always_equal)
156 * \todo Use std::is_empty_v when CUDA 11 is a requirement.
158 template<class T2, class A = AllocationPolicy, typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_empty<A>::value>>
159 bool operator==(const Allocator<T2, AllocationPolicy>& /*unused*/) const
161 return true;
164 /*! \brief Return true if two allocators are different
166 * \param rhs Other allocator.
168 * This is a member function of the left-hand-side allocator.
170 template<class T2>
171 bool operator!=(const Allocator<T2, AllocationPolicy>& rhs) const
173 return !(*this == rhs);
177 } // namespace gmx
179 #endif