mxnet::Context Struct Reference

Context information about the execution environment. More...

#include <base.h>

Collaboration diagram for mxnet::Context:

Public Types
enum	DeviceType { kCPU = cpu::kDevMask, kGPU = gpu::kDevMask, kCPUPinned = 3, kCPUShared = 5 }
	Type of device. More...

Public Member Functions
	Context ()
	default constructor More...
DeviceType	dev_mask () const
	Get corresponding device mask. More...
int	real_dev_id () const
	Returns dev_id for kGPU, 0 otherwise. More...
bool	operator< (const Context &b) const
	Comparator, used to enable Context as std::map key. More...
bool	operator== (const Context &b) const
	check if current context equals another one More...
bool	operator!= (const Context &b) const
	check if current context not equals another one More...
void	Save (dmlc::Stream *strm) const
	save the content into binary stream More...
bool	Load (dmlc::Stream *strm)
	load the content from binary stream More...

Static Public Member Functions
static Context	Create (DeviceType dev_type, int32_t dev_id=-1)
	Create a new context. More...
static Context	CPU (int32_t dev_id=0)
static Context	GPU (int32_t dev_id=-1)
static Context	CPUPinned (int32_t dev_id=-1)
static Context	CPUShared (int32_t dev_id=0)
static Context	FromString (std::string str)

Public Attributes
DeviceType	dev_type
	the device type we run the op on More...
int32_t	dev_id
	device id we are going to run it on More...

Static Public Attributes
static const int32_t	kMaxDevType = 6
	the maximal device type More...
static const int32_t	kMaxDevID = 16
	the maximal device index More...

Detailed Description

Context information about the execution environment.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum mxnet::Context::DeviceType

Type of device.

Enumerator
kCPU
kGPU
kCPUPinned
kCPUShared

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

mxnet::Context::Context ( )

inline

default constructor

Member Function Documentation

static Context mxnet::Context::CPU ( int32_t  dev_id = 0 )

inlinestatic

Returns

CPU Context

static Context mxnet::Context::CPUPinned ( int32_t  dev_id = -1 )

inlinestatic

Create a pinned CPU context.

Parameters

dev_id

the device id for corresponding GPU.

Returns

Pinned CPU context. -1 for current GPU.

static Context mxnet::Context::CPUShared ( int32_t  dev_id = 0 )

inlinestatic

Create a CPU shared memory context.

Parameters

dev_id

dummy device id.

Returns

CPU shared memory context.

static Context mxnet::Context::Create ( DeviceType  dev_type, int32_t  dev_id = -1  )

inlinestatic

Create a new context.

Parameters

dev_type	device type.
dev_id	device id. -1 for current device.

DeviceType mxnet::Context::dev_mask ( ) const

inline

Get corresponding device mask.

Returns

cpu::kDevMask or gpu::kDevMask

static Context mxnet::Context::FromString ( std::string  str )

inlinestatic

Create a context from string of the format [cpu|gpu|cpu_pinned](n)

Parameters

str	the string pattern

Returns

Context

static Context mxnet::Context::GPU ( int32_t  dev_id = -1 )

inlinestatic

Create a GPU context.

Parameters

dev_id

the device id.

Returns

GPU Context. -1 for current GPU.

bool mxnet::Context::Load ( dmlc::Stream *  strm )

inline

load the content from binary stream

Parameters

strm	the output stream

Returns

whether the load is successful

bool mxnet::Context::operator!= ( const Context &  b ) const

inline

check if current context not equals another one

Parameters

b	another context to compare

Returns

whether they are not the same

bool mxnet::Context::operator< ( const Context &  b ) const

inline

Comparator, used to enable Context as std::map key.

Parameters

b	another context to compare

Returns

compared result

bool mxnet::Context::operator== ( const Context &  b ) const

inline

check if current context equals another one

Parameters

b	another context to compare

Returns

whether dev mask and id are same

int mxnet::Context::real_dev_id ( ) const

inline

Returns dev_id for kGPU, 0 otherwise.

void mxnet::Context::Save ( dmlc::Stream *  strm ) const

inline

save the content into binary stream

Parameters

strm	the output stream

Member Data Documentation

int32_t mxnet::Context::dev_id

device id we are going to run it on

DeviceType mxnet::Context::dev_type

the device type we run the op on

const int32_t mxnet::Context::kMaxDevID = 16

static

the maximal device index

const int32_t mxnet::Context::kMaxDevType = 6

static

the maximal device type

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• include/mxnet/base.h