register_cache
Applicability
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Atlas 350 Accelerator Card |
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Function Description
In the non-PagedAttention scenario, this API is called to register a self-allocated memory.
Prototype
1 | register_cache(cache_desc: CacheDesc, addrs: List[int], cache_keys: Union[Tuple[CacheKey], List[CacheKey]] = (), remote_accessible: Optional[bool] = None) -> Cache: |
Parameters
Parameter |
Data Type |
Description |
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cache_desc |
Cache description. |
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addrs |
List[int] |
Cache address. The total number of addresses in register_cache and register_blocks_cache cannot exceed 240. |
cache_keys |
Cache index. |
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remote_accessible |
Optional[bool] |
Whether the registered memory can be used for network transmission. The default value is True for device memory and False for host memory. |
Example
Click GitCode, select the matching version, and obtain the sample from the examples/python directory.
Returns
In normal cases, the registered cache is returned.
If the input data type is incorrect (src and dst do not match), the TypeError or ValueError exception is reported.
If the input parameter is None, the AttributeError exception is reported.
Restrictions
The device memory must be registered before link establishment, while the host memory has no restrictions on the order of operations.
The registered memory address must be unique.
A maximum of 50 GB device memory and 20 GB host memory can be registered. Larger registered memory results in higher OS memory usage. This restriction applies to the following products:
Atlas A2 training product /Atlas A2 inference product Atlas A3 training product /Atlas A3 inference product
For D2D data transmission over HCCS, the start address must be aligned to 2 MB; otherwise, the link API may fail. HCCS does not support host memory. This restriction applies to the following products:
Atlas A2 training product /Atlas A2 inference product Atlas A3 training product /Atlas A3 inference product
For RDMA data transmission, host memory must be allocated using the aclrtMallocHost API; otherwise, the link API may fail. This restriction applies to the following products:
Atlas A2 training product /Atlas A2 inference product Atlas A3 training product /Atlas A3 inference product