Function: free

C Prototype	*aclError aclrtFree(void devPtr)**
Python Function	ret= acl.rt.free(dev_ptr)
Function Usage	Frees device memory.
Input Description	dev_ptr: int, pointer address of the memory to be freed.
Return Value	ret: int, error code. 0 indicates success. Other values indicate failure.
Restrictions	acl.rt.free frees device memory through the acl.rt.malloc or acl.rt.malloc_cached API. This API immediately frees the input memory. No implicit device synchronization or stream synchronization is performed within the function. Ensure that the memory pointer is not accessed after this API is called.
Reference	For details about the API call example, see Data Copy.

Parent topic: Memory Management