[Beignet] CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR involve extra copy?
spring_wind
spring_wind at yeah.net
Tue Dec 2 18:44:26 PST 2014
1. clCreateBuffer(CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR)
2. clMapxx-->change the data pointed by host ptr--->clUnmapxxx
Is that right?
I think clUnmapxx must contain cache flush operation although it may not involve extra copy, correct me if am wrong.
I am very concerned about the beignet performance on our product.
在 2014-12-03 10:14:10,"Guo, Yejun" <yejun.guo at intel.com> 写道:
Just need to invoke clMapxx function before you access the host ptr from CPU side, and invoke clUnmapxx function after the CPU access. There is no extra copy inside clMap/Unmapxx if all the conditions are satisfied. You can refer to the code in runtime_use_host_ptr_buffer.cpp under beignet/utests.
From: spring_wind [mailto:spring_wind at yeah.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:02 AM
To: Guo, Yejun
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Subject: Re:RE: [Beignet] CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR involve extra copy?
You mean if I use CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR and host ptr is page aligned, I change the data pointed by host ptr from CPU side, I don't have to do any flush opertaion or I should still call clMapxx function?
在 2014-12-03 08:37:15,"Guo, Yejun" <yejun.guo at intel.com> 写道:
Hi,
please check the latest code of beignet, there is no copy needed between CPU and GPU if the host_ptr provided by application is page aligned, and the page align limitation is expected to be removed some days later. You can also try CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR to avoid the extra copy without align limitation.
Btw, this zero-copy is supported starting from linux kernel 3.16 and libdrm 2.4.58.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 8:38 PM
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Subject: [Beignet] CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR involve extra copy?
Hi:
Intel opencl optimization guide said using CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR can avoid extra copy between CPU and GPU, but I noticed that in beignet's implementation source it was not like that:
/* Copy the data if required */
if (flags & CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR || flags & CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR)
cl_buffer_subdata(mem->bo, 0, sz, data);
Could someone give me an answer?
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