Crate gpu_alloc[][src]

Implementation agnostic memory allocator for Vulkan like APIs.

This crate is intended to be used as part of safe API implementations.
Use with caution. There are unsafe functions all over the place.

Usage

Start with fetching DeviceProperties from gfx-alloc-<backend> crate for the backend of choice.
Then create GpuAllocator instance and use it for all device memory allocations.
GpuAllocator will take care for all necessary bookkeeping like memory object count limit, heap budget and memory mapping.

Backends implementations

Backend supporting crates should not depend on this crate.
Instead they should depend on gpu-alloc-types which is much more stable, allowing to upgrade gpu-alloc version without gfx-alloc-<backend> upgrade.

Structs

AllocationFlags

Allocation flags

Config

Configuration for GpuAllocator

DeviceProperties

Properties of the device that will be used for allocating memory objects.

GpuAllocator

Memory allocator for Vulkan-like APIs.

MappedMemoryRange

Specifies range of the mapped memory region.

MemoryBlock

Memory block allocated by GpuAllocator.

MemoryHeap

Defines memory heap.

MemoryPropertyFlags

Memory properties type.

MemoryType

Defines memory type.

Request

Memory request for allocator.

UsageFlags

Memory usage type. Bits set define intended usage for requested memory.

Enums

AllocationError

Enumeration of possible errors that may occur during memory allocation.

Dedicated

Hints for allocator to decide on allocation strategy.

DeviceMapError

Memory mapped error.

MapError

Enumeration of possible errors that may occur during memory mapping.

OutOfMemory

Memory exhausted error.

Traits

MemoryDevice

Abstract device that can be used to allocate memory objects.