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-rw-r--r--include/armnn/backends/IBackendInternal.hpp5
-rw-r--r--include/armnn/backends/ICustomAllocator.hpp18
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/armnn/backends/IBackendInternal.hpp b/include/armnn/backends/IBackendInternal.hpp
index 3b4ef95703..626746465f 100644
--- a/include/armnn/backends/IBackendInternal.hpp
+++ b/include/armnn/backends/IBackendInternal.hpp
@@ -199,10 +199,13 @@ public:
/// Signals the backend to use a custom memory allocator provided by the user
///
+ /// \param allocator - a pointer to the provided ICustomAllocator to use with this backend
/// \param errMsg - Optional string variable to return error messages
/// \return - Returns true if switching to custom allocator was successful
- virtual bool UseCustomMemoryAllocator(armnn::Optional<std::string&> errMsg)
+ virtual bool UseCustomMemoryAllocator(std::shared_ptr<ICustomAllocator> allocator,
+ armnn::Optional<std::string&> errMsg)
{
+ IgnoreUnused(allocator);
if (errMsg)
{
std::stringstream message;
diff --git a/include/armnn/backends/ICustomAllocator.hpp b/include/armnn/backends/ICustomAllocator.hpp
index 1d4df0cb86..92cbcc2641 100644
--- a/include/armnn/backends/ICustomAllocator.hpp
+++ b/include/armnn/backends/ICustomAllocator.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <cstddef>
#include <memory>
+#include <armnn/MemorySources.hpp>
namespace armnn
{
@@ -23,13 +24,20 @@ public:
* @param[in] alignment Alignment that the returned pointer should comply with
*
* @return A pointer to the allocated memory
+ * The returned pointer must be host write accessible
*/
- virtual void *allocate(size_t size, size_t alignment) = 0;
- /** Interface to be implemented by the child class to free the allocated tensor */
- virtual void free(void *ptr) = 0;
+ virtual void* allocate(size_t size, size_t alignment) = 0;
- // Utility Function to define the Custom Memory Allocators capabilities
- virtual bool SupportsProtectedMemory() = 0;
+ /** Interface to be implemented by the child class to free the allocated bytes */
+ virtual void free(void* ptr) = 0;
+
+ // Used to specify what type of memory is being allocated by this allocator.
+ // Supported types are:
+ // MemorySource::Malloc
+ // Unsupported types are:
+ // MemorySource::DmaBuf
+ // MemorySource::DmaBufProtected
+ virtual armnn::MemorySource GetMemorySourceType() = 0;
};
} // namespace armnn \ No newline at end of file