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32 Module DocumentationParameters:ptr - Pointer to allocated host memorysize - Requested allocation size in bytesReturns:Note:See also:cudaSuccess, cudaErrorMemoryAllocationNote that this function may also return error codes from previous, asynchronous launches.cudaMalloc, cudaMallocPitch, cudaMallocArray, cudaMalloc3D, cudaMalloc3DArray, cudaHostAlloc, cudaFree,cudaFreeArray, cudaFreeHost, cudaHostAlloc3.8.2.13 cudaError_t cudaMallocPitch (void ∗∗ devPtr, size_t ∗ pitch, size_t width, size_t height)Allocates at least widthInBytes ∗ height bytes of linear memory on the device and returns in ∗devPtr a pointerto the allocated memory. The function may pad the allocation to ensure that corresponding pointers in any given rowwill continue to meet the alignment requirements for coalescing as the address is updated from row to row. The pitchreturned in ∗pitch by cudaMallocPitch() is the width in bytes of the allocation. The intended usage of pitch is asa separate parameter of the allocation, used to compute addresses within the 2D array. Given the row and column ofan array element of type T, the address is computed as:T* pElement = (T*)((char*)BaseAddress + Row * pitch) + Column;For allocations of 2D arrays, it is recommended that programmers consider performing pitch allocations using cudaMallocPitch().Due to pitch alignment restrictions in the hardware, this is especially true if the application will beperforming 2D memory copies between different regions of device memory (whether linear memory or <strong>CUDA</strong> arrays).Parameters:devPtr - Pointer to allocated pitched device memorypitch - Pitch for allocationwidth - Requested pitched allocation widthheight - Requested pitched allocation heightReturns:Note:See also:cudaSuccess, cudaErrorMemoryAllocationNote that this function may also return error codes from previous, asynchronous launches.cudaMalloc, cudaFree, cudaMallocArray, cudaFreeArray, cudaMallocHost, cudaFreeHost, cudaMalloc3D, cudaMalloc3DArray,cudaHostAllocGenerated on Wed Apr 1 16:11:42 2009 for <strong>NVIDIA</strong> <strong>CUDA</strong> Library by Doxygen

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