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# pragma once
/** \mainpage D3D12 Memory Allocator
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< b > Version 2.1 .0 - development < / b > ( 2023 - 07 - 05 )
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Copyright ( c ) 2019 - 2023 Advanced Micro Devices , Inc . All rights reserved . \ n
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License : MIT
Documentation of all members : D3D12MemAlloc . h
\ section main_table_of_contents Table of contents
- \ subpage quick_start
- [ Project setup ] ( @ ref quick_start_project_setup )
- [ Creating resources ] ( @ ref quick_start_creating_resources )
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- [ Resource reference counting ] ( @ ref quick_start_resource_reference_counting )
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- [ Mapping memory ] ( @ ref quick_start_mapping_memory )
- \ subpage custom_pools
- \ subpage defragmentation
- \ subpage statistics
- \ subpage resource_aliasing
- \ subpage linear_algorithm
- \ subpage virtual_allocator
- \ subpage configuration
- [ Custom CPU memory allocator ] ( @ ref custom_memory_allocator )
- [ Debug margins ] ( @ ref debug_margins )
- \ subpage general_considerations
- [ Thread safety ] ( @ ref general_considerations_thread_safety )
- [ Versioning and compatibility ] ( @ ref general_considerations_versioning_and_compatibility )
- [ Features not supported ] ( @ ref general_considerations_features_not_supported )
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\ section main_see_also See also
- [ Product page on GPUOpen ] ( https : //gpuopen.com/gaming-product/d3d12-memory-allocator/)
- [ Source repository on GitHub ] ( https : //github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/D3D12MemoryAllocator)
*/
// If using this library on a platform different than Windows PC or want to use different version of DXGI,
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// you should include D3D12-compatible headers before this library on your own and define
// D3D12MA_D3D12_HEADERS_ALREADY_INCLUDED.
// Alternatively, if you are targeting the open sourced DirectX headers, defining D3D12MA_USING_DIRECTX_HEADERS
// will include them rather the ones provided by the Windows SDK.
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# ifndef D3D12MA_D3D12_HEADERS_ALREADY_INCLUDED
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# if defined(D3D12MA_USING_DIRECTX_HEADERS)
# include <directx/d3d12.h>
# include <dxguids/dxguids.h>
# else
# include <d3d12.h>
# endif
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# include <dxgi1_4.h>
# endif
// Define this macro to 0 to disable usage of DXGI 1.4 (needed for IDXGIAdapter3 and query for memory budget).
# ifndef D3D12MA_DXGI_1_4
# ifdef __IDXGIAdapter3_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
# define D3D12MA_DXGI_1_4 1
# else
# define D3D12MA_DXGI_1_4 0
# endif
# endif
/*
When defined to value other than 0 , the library will try to use
D3D12_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT or D3D12_SMALL_MSAA_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT
for created textures when possible , which can save memory because some small textures
may get their alignment 4 K and their size a multiply of 4 K instead of 64 K .
# define D3D12MA_USE_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT 0
Disables small texture alignment .
# define D3D12MA_USE_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT 1
Enables conservative algorithm that will use small alignment only for some textures
that are surely known to support it .
# define D3D12MA_USE_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT 2
Enables query for small alignment to D3D12 ( based on Microsoft sample ) which will
enable small alignment for more textures , but will also generate D3D Debug Layer
error # 721 on call to ID3D12Device : : GetResourceAllocationInfo , which you should just
ignore .
*/
# ifndef D3D12MA_USE_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT
# define D3D12MA_USE_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT 1
# endif
/// \cond INTERNAL
# define D3D12MA_CLASS_NO_COPY(className) \
private : \
className ( const className & ) = delete ; \
className ( className & & ) = delete ; \
className & operator = ( const className & ) = delete ; \
className & operator = ( className & & ) = delete ;
// To be used with MAKE_HRESULT to define custom error codes.
# define FACILITY_D3D12MA 3542
/*
If providing your own implementation , you need to implement a subset of std : : atomic .
*/
# if !defined(D3D12MA_ATOMIC_UINT32) || !defined(D3D12MA_ATOMIC_UINT64)
# include <atomic>
# endif
# ifndef D3D12MA_ATOMIC_UINT32
# define D3D12MA_ATOMIC_UINT32 std::atomic<UINT>
# endif
# ifndef D3D12MA_ATOMIC_UINT64
# define D3D12MA_ATOMIC_UINT64 std::atomic<UINT64>
# endif
# ifdef D3D12MA_EXPORTS
# define D3D12MA_API __declspec(dllexport)
# elif defined(D3D12MA_IMPORTS)
# define D3D12MA_API __declspec(dllimport)
# else
# define D3D12MA_API
# endif
// Forward declaration if ID3D12ProtectedResourceSession is not defined inside the headers (older SDK, pre ID3D12Device4)
struct ID3D12ProtectedResourceSession ;
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// Define this enum even if SDK doesn't provide it, to simplify the API.
# ifndef __ID3D12Device1_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
typedef enum D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY
{
D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY_MINIMUM = 0x28000000 ,
D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY_LOW = 0x50000000 ,
D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY_NORMAL = 0x78000000 ,
D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY_HIGH = 0xa0010000 ,
D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY_MAXIMUM = 0xc8000000
} D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY ;
# endif
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namespace D3D12MA
{
class D3D12MA_API IUnknownImpl : public IUnknown
{
public :
virtual ~ IUnknownImpl ( ) = default ;
virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE QueryInterface ( REFIID riid , void * * ppvObject ) ;
virtual ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE AddRef ( ) ;
virtual ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE Release ( ) ;
protected :
virtual void ReleaseThis ( ) { delete this ; }
private :
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D3D12MA_ATOMIC_UINT32 m_RefCount = { 1 } ;
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} ;
} // namespace D3D12MA
/// \endcond
namespace D3D12MA
{
/// \cond INTERNAL
class DefragmentationContextPimpl ;
class AllocatorPimpl ;
class PoolPimpl ;
class NormalBlock ;
class BlockVector ;
class CommittedAllocationList ;
class JsonWriter ;
class VirtualBlockPimpl ;
/// \endcond
class Pool ;
class Allocator ;
struct Statistics ;
struct DetailedStatistics ;
struct TotalStatistics ;
/// \brief Unique identifier of single allocation done inside the memory heap.
typedef UINT64 AllocHandle ;
/// Pointer to custom callback function that allocates CPU memory.
using ALLOCATE_FUNC_PTR = void * ( * ) ( size_t Size , size_t Alignment , void * pPrivateData ) ;
/**
\ brief Pointer to custom callback function that deallocates CPU memory .
` pMemory = null ` should be accepted and ignored .
*/
using FREE_FUNC_PTR = void ( * ) ( void * pMemory , void * pPrivateData ) ;
/// Custom callbacks to CPU memory allocation functions.
struct ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS
{
/// %Allocation function.
ALLOCATE_FUNC_PTR pAllocate ;
/// Dellocation function.
FREE_FUNC_PTR pFree ;
/// Custom data that will be passed to allocation and deallocation functions as `pUserData` parameter.
void * pPrivateData ;
} ;
/// \brief Bit flags to be used with ALLOCATION_DESC::Flags.
enum ALLOCATION_FLAGS
{
/// Zero
ALLOCATION_FLAG_NONE = 0 ,
/**
Set this flag if the allocation should have its own dedicated memory allocation ( committed resource with implicit heap ) .
Use it for special , big resources , like fullscreen textures used as render targets .
- When used with functions like D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource , it will use ` ID3D12Device : : CreateCommittedResource ` ,
so the created allocation will contain a resource ( D3D12MA : : Allocation : : GetResource ( ) ` ! = NULL ` ) but will not have
a heap ( D3D12MA : : Allocation : : GetHeap ( ) ` = = NULL ` ) , as the heap is implicit .
- When used with raw memory allocation like D3D12MA : : Allocator : : AllocateMemory , it will use ` ID3D12Device : : CreateHeap ` ,
so the created allocation will contain a heap ( D3D12MA : : Allocation : : GetHeap ( ) ` ! = NULL ` ) and its offset will always be 0.
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED = 0x1 ,
/**
Set this flag to only try to allocate from existing memory heaps and never create new such heap .
If new allocation cannot be placed in any of the existing heaps , allocation
fails with ` E_OUTOFMEMORY ` error .
You should not use D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED and
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_NEVER_ALLOCATE at the same time . It makes no sense .
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_NEVER_ALLOCATE = 0x2 ,
/** Create allocation only if additional memory required for it, if any, won't exceed
memory budget . Otherwise return ` E_OUTOFMEMORY ` .
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_WITHIN_BUDGET = 0x4 ,
/** Allocation will be created from upper stack in a double stack pool.
This flag is only allowed for custom pools created with # POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR flag .
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_UPPER_ADDRESS = 0x8 ,
/** Set this flag if the allocated memory will have aliasing resources.
Use this when calling D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource ( ) and similar to
guarantee creation of explicit heap for desired allocation and prevent it from using ` CreateCommittedResource ` ,
so that new allocation object will always have ` allocation - > GetHeap ( ) ! = NULL ` .
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_CAN_ALIAS = 0x10 ,
/** Allocation strategy that chooses smallest possible free range for the allocation
to minimize memory usage and fragmentation , possibly at the expense of allocation time .
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_MEMORY = 0x00010000 ,
/** Allocation strategy that chooses first suitable free range for the allocation -
not necessarily in terms of the smallest offset but the one that is easiest and fastest to find
to minimize allocation time , possibly at the expense of allocation quality .
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_TIME = 0x00020000 ,
/** Allocation strategy that chooses always the lowest offset in available space.
This is not the most efficient strategy but achieves highly packed data .
Used internally by defragmentation , not recomended in typical usage .
*/
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_OFFSET = 0x0004000 ,
/// Alias to #ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_MEMORY.
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_BEST_FIT = ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_MEMORY ,
/// Alias to #ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_TIME.
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_FIRST_FIT = ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_TIME ,
/// A bit mask to extract only `STRATEGY` bits from entire set of flags.
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MASK =
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_MEMORY |
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_TIME |
ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_OFFSET ,
} ;
/// \brief Parameters of created D3D12MA::Allocation object. To be used with Allocator::CreateResource.
struct ALLOCATION_DESC
{
/// Flags.
ALLOCATION_FLAGS Flags ;
/** \brief The type of memory heap where the new allocation should be placed.
It must be one of : ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ` , ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_UPLOAD ` , ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_READBACK ` .
When D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC : : CustomPool ! = NULL this member is ignored .
*/
D3D12_HEAP_TYPE HeapType ;
/** \brief Additional heap flags to be used when allocating memory.
In most cases it can be 0.
- If you use D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource ( ) , you don ' t need to care .
Necessary flag ` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_BUFFERS ` , ` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_NON_RT_DS_TEXTURES ` ,
or ` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_RT_DS_TEXTURES ` is added automatically .
- If you use D3D12MA : : Allocator : : AllocateMemory ( ) , you should specify one of those ` ALLOW_ONLY ` flags .
Except when you validate that D3D12MA : : Allocator : : GetD3D12Options ( ) ` . ResourceHeapTier = = D3D12_RESOURCE_HEAP_TIER_1 ` -
then you can leave it 0.
- You can specify additional flags if needed . Then the memory will always be allocated as
separate block using ` D3D12Device : : CreateCommittedResource ` or ` CreateHeap ` , not as part of an existing larget block .
When D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC : : CustomPool ! = NULL this member is ignored .
*/
D3D12_HEAP_FLAGS ExtraHeapFlags ;
/** \brief Custom pool to place the new resource in. Optional.
When not NULL , the resource will be created inside specified custom pool .
*/
Pool * CustomPool ;
/// Custom general-purpose pointer that will be stored in D3D12MA::Allocation.
void * pPrivateData ;
} ;
/** \brief Calculated statistics of memory usage e.g. in a specific memory heap type,
memory segment group , custom pool , or total .
These are fast to calculate .
See functions : D3D12MA : : Allocator : : GetBudget ( ) , D3D12MA : : Pool : : GetStatistics ( ) .
*/
struct Statistics
{
/** \brief Number of D3D12 memory blocks allocated - `ID3D12Heap` objects and committed resources.
*/
UINT BlockCount ;
/** \brief Number of D3D12MA::Allocation objects allocated.
Committed allocations have their own blocks , so each one adds 1 to ` AllocationCount ` as well as ` BlockCount ` .
*/
UINT AllocationCount ;
/** \brief Number of bytes allocated in memory blocks.
*/
UINT64 BlockBytes ;
/** \brief Total number of bytes occupied by all D3D12MA::Allocation objects.
Always less or equal than ` BlockBytes ` .
Difference ` ( BlockBytes - AllocationBytes ) ` is the amount of memory allocated from D3D12
but unused by any D3D12MA : : Allocation .
*/
UINT64 AllocationBytes ;
} ;
/** \brief More detailed statistics than D3D12MA::Statistics.
These are slower to calculate . Use for debugging purposes .
See functions : D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CalculateStatistics ( ) , D3D12MA : : Pool : : CalculateStatistics ( ) .
Averages are not provided because they can be easily calculated as :
\ code
UINT64 AllocationSizeAvg = DetailedStats . Statistics . AllocationBytes / detailedStats . Statistics . AllocationCount ;
UINT64 UnusedBytes = DetailedStats . Statistics . BlockBytes - DetailedStats . Statistics . AllocationBytes ;
UINT64 UnusedRangeSizeAvg = UnusedBytes / DetailedStats . UnusedRangeCount ;
\ endcode
*/
struct DetailedStatistics
{
/// Basic statistics.
Statistics Stats ;
/// Number of free ranges of memory between allocations.
UINT UnusedRangeCount ;
/// Smallest allocation size. `UINT64_MAX` if there are 0 allocations.
UINT64 AllocationSizeMin ;
/// Largest allocation size. 0 if there are 0 allocations.
UINT64 AllocationSizeMax ;
/// Smallest empty range size. `UINT64_MAX` if there are 0 empty ranges.
UINT64 UnusedRangeSizeMin ;
/// Largest empty range size. 0 if there are 0 empty ranges.
UINT64 UnusedRangeSizeMax ;
} ;
/** \brief General statistics from current state of the allocator -
total memory usage across all memory heaps and segments .
These are slower to calculate . Use for debugging purposes .
See function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CalculateStatistics ( ) .
*/
struct TotalStatistics
{
/** \brief One element for each type of heap located at the following indices:
- 0 = ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT `
- 1 = ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_UPLOAD `
- 2 = ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_READBACK `
- 3 = ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_CUSTOM `
*/
DetailedStatistics HeapType [ 4 ] ;
/** \brief One element for each memory segment group located at the following indices:
- 0 = ` DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_LOCAL `
- 1 = ` DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_NON_LOCAL `
Meaning of these segment groups is :
- When ` IsUMA ( ) = = FALSE ` ( discrete graphics card ) :
- ` DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_LOCAL ` ( index 0 ) represents GPU memory
( resources allocated in ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ` or ` D3D12_MEMORY_POOL_L1 ` ) .
- ` DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_NON_LOCAL ` ( index 1 ) represents system memory
( resources allocated in ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_UPLOAD ` , ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_READBACK ` , or ` D3D12_MEMORY_POOL_L0 ` ) .
- When ` IsUMA ( ) = = TRUE ` ( integrated graphics chip ) :
- ` DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_LOCAL ` = ( index 0 ) represents memory shared for all the resources .
- ` DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_NON_LOCAL ` = ( index 1 ) is unused and always 0.
*/
DetailedStatistics MemorySegmentGroup [ 2 ] ;
/// Total statistics from all memory allocated from D3D12.
DetailedStatistics Total ;
} ;
/** \brief %Statistics of current memory usage and available budget for a specific memory segment group.
These are fast to calculate . See function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : GetBudget ( ) .
*/
struct Budget
{
/** \brief %Statistics fetched from the library.
*/
Statistics Stats ;
/** \brief Estimated current memory usage of the program.
Fetched from system using ` IDXGIAdapter3 : : QueryVideoMemoryInfo ` if possible .
It might be different than ` BlockBytes ` ( usually higher ) due to additional implicit objects
also occupying the memory , like swapchain , pipeline state objects , descriptor heaps , command lists , or
heaps and resources allocated outside of this library , if any .
*/
UINT64 UsageBytes ;
/** \brief Estimated amount of memory available to the program.
Fetched from system using ` IDXGIAdapter3 : : QueryVideoMemoryInfo ` if possible .
It might be different ( most probably smaller ) than memory capacity returned
by D3D12MA : : Allocator : : GetMemoryCapacity ( ) due to factors
external to the program , decided by the operating system .
Difference ` BudgetBytes - UsageBytes ` is the amount of additional memory that can probably
be allocated without problems . Exceeding the budget may result in various problems .
*/
UINT64 BudgetBytes ;
} ;
/// \brief Represents single memory allocation done inside VirtualBlock.
struct D3D12MA_API VirtualAllocation
{
/// \brief Unique idenitfier of current allocation. 0 means null/invalid.
AllocHandle AllocHandle ;
} ;
/** \brief Represents single memory allocation.
It may be either implicit memory heap dedicated to a single resource or a
specific region of a bigger heap plus unique offset .
To create such object , fill structure D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC and call function
Allocator : : CreateResource .
The object remembers size and some other information .
To retrieve this information , use methods of this class .
The object also remembers ` ID3D12Resource ` and " owns " a reference to it ,
so it calls ` % Release ( ) ` on the resource when destroyed .
*/
class D3D12MA_API Allocation : public IUnknownImpl
{
public :
/** \brief Returns offset in bytes from the start of memory heap.
You usually don ' t need to use this offset . If you create a buffer or a texture together with the allocation using function
D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource , functions that operate on that resource refer to the beginning of the resource ,
not entire memory heap .
If the Allocation represents committed resource with implicit heap , returns 0.
*/
UINT64 GetOffset ( ) const ;
/// Returns alignment that resource was created with.
UINT64 GetAlignment ( ) const { return m_Alignment ; }
/** \brief Returns size in bytes of the allocation.
- If you created a buffer or a texture together with the allocation using function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource ,
this is the size of the resource returned by ` ID3D12Device : : GetResourceAllocationInfo ` .
- For allocations made out of bigger memory blocks , this also is the size of the memory region assigned exclusively to this allocation .
- For resources created as committed , this value may not be accurate . DirectX implementation may optimize memory usage internally
so that you may even observe regions of ` ID3D12Resource : : GetGPUVirtualAddress ( ) ` + Allocation : : GetSize ( ) to overlap in memory and still work correctly .
*/
UINT64 GetSize ( ) const { return m_Size ; }
/** \brief Returns D3D12 resource associated with this object.
Calling this method doesn ' t increment resource ' s reference counter .
*/
ID3D12Resource * GetResource ( ) const { return m_Resource ; }
/// Releases the resource currently pointed by the allocation (if any), sets it to new one, incrementing its reference counter (if not null).
void SetResource ( ID3D12Resource * pResource ) ;
/** \brief Returns memory heap that the resource is created in.
If the Allocation represents committed resource with implicit heap , returns NULL .
*/
ID3D12Heap * GetHeap ( ) const ;
/// Changes custom pointer for an allocation to a new value.
void SetPrivateData ( void * pPrivateData ) { m_pPrivateData = pPrivateData ; }
/// Get custom pointer associated with the allocation.
void * GetPrivateData ( ) const { return m_pPrivateData ; }
/** \brief Associates a name with the allocation object. This name is for use in debug diagnostics and tools.
Internal copy of the string is made , so the memory pointed by the argument can be
changed of freed immediately after this call .
` Name ` can be null .
*/
void SetName ( LPCWSTR Name ) ;
/** \brief Returns the name associated with the allocation object.
Returned string points to an internal copy .
If no name was associated with the allocation , returns null .
*/
LPCWSTR GetName ( ) const { return m_Name ; }
/** \brief Returns `TRUE` if the memory of the allocation was filled with zeros when the allocation was created.
Returns ` TRUE ` only if the allocator is sure that the entire memory where the
allocation was created was filled with zeros at the moment the allocation was made .
Returns ` FALSE ` if the memory could potentially contain garbage data .
If it ' s a render - target or depth - stencil texture , it then needs proper
initialization with ` ClearRenderTargetView ` , ` ClearDepthStencilView ` , ` DiscardResource ` ,
or a copy operation , as described on page
" ID3D12Device::CreatePlacedResource method - Notes on the required resource initialization " in Microsoft documentation .
Please note that rendering a fullscreen triangle or quad to the texture as
a render target is not a proper way of initialization !
See also articles :
- " Coming to DirectX 12: More control over memory allocation " on DirectX Developer Blog
- [ " Initializing DX12 Textures After Allocation and Aliasing " ] ( https : //asawicki.info/news_1724_initializing_dx12_textures_after_allocation_and_aliasing).
*/
BOOL WasZeroInitialized ( ) const { return m_PackedData . WasZeroInitialized ( ) ; }
protected :
void ReleaseThis ( ) override ;
private :
friend class AllocatorPimpl ;
friend class BlockVector ;
friend class CommittedAllocationList ;
friend class JsonWriter ;
friend class BlockMetadata_Linear ;
friend class DefragmentationContextPimpl ;
friend struct CommittedAllocationListItemTraits ;
template < typename T > friend void D3D12MA_DELETE ( const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS & , T * ) ;
template < typename T > friend class PoolAllocator ;
enum Type
{
TYPE_COMMITTED ,
TYPE_PLACED ,
TYPE_HEAP ,
TYPE_COUNT
} ;
AllocatorPimpl * m_Allocator ;
UINT64 m_Size ;
UINT64 m_Alignment ;
ID3D12Resource * m_Resource ;
void * m_pPrivateData ;
wchar_t * m_Name ;
union
{
struct
{
CommittedAllocationList * list ;
Allocation * prev ;
Allocation * next ;
} m_Committed ;
struct
{
AllocHandle allocHandle ;
NormalBlock * block ;
} m_Placed ;
struct
{
// Beginning must be compatible with m_Committed.
CommittedAllocationList * list ;
Allocation * prev ;
Allocation * next ;
ID3D12Heap * heap ;
} m_Heap ;
} ;
struct PackedData
{
public :
PackedData ( ) :
m_Type ( 0 ) , m_ResourceDimension ( 0 ) , m_ResourceFlags ( 0 ) , m_TextureLayout ( 0 ) , m_WasZeroInitialized ( 0 ) { }
Type GetType ( ) const { return ( Type ) m_Type ; }
D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION GetResourceDimension ( ) const { return ( D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION ) m_ResourceDimension ; }
D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAGS GetResourceFlags ( ) const { return ( D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAGS ) m_ResourceFlags ; }
D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT GetTextureLayout ( ) const { return ( D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT ) m_TextureLayout ; }
BOOL WasZeroInitialized ( ) const { return ( BOOL ) m_WasZeroInitialized ; }
void SetType ( Type type ) ;
void SetResourceDimension ( D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION resourceDimension ) ;
void SetResourceFlags ( D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAGS resourceFlags ) ;
void SetTextureLayout ( D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT textureLayout ) ;
void SetWasZeroInitialized ( BOOL wasZeroInitialized ) { m_WasZeroInitialized = wasZeroInitialized ? 1 : 0 ; }
private :
UINT m_Type : 2 ; // enum Type
UINT m_ResourceDimension : 3 ; // enum D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION
UINT m_ResourceFlags : 24 ; // flags D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAGS
UINT m_TextureLayout : 9 ; // enum D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT
UINT m_WasZeroInitialized : 1 ; // BOOL
} m_PackedData ;
Allocation ( AllocatorPimpl * allocator , UINT64 size , UINT64 alignment , BOOL wasZeroInitialized ) ;
// Nothing here, everything already done in Release.
virtual ~ Allocation ( ) = default ;
void InitCommitted ( CommittedAllocationList * list ) ;
void InitPlaced ( AllocHandle allocHandle , NormalBlock * block ) ;
void InitHeap ( CommittedAllocationList * list , ID3D12Heap * heap ) ;
void SwapBlockAllocation ( Allocation * allocation ) ;
// If the Allocation represents committed resource with implicit heap, returns UINT64_MAX.
AllocHandle GetAllocHandle ( ) const ;
NormalBlock * GetBlock ( ) ;
template < typename D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC_T >
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void SetResourcePointer ( ID3D12Resource * resource , const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC_T * pResourceDesc ) ;
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void FreeName ( ) ;
D3D12MA_CLASS_NO_COPY ( Allocation )
} ;
/// Flags to be passed as DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC::Flags.
enum DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAGS
{
/** Use simple but fast algorithm for defragmentation.
May not achieve best results but will require least time to compute and least allocations to copy .
*/
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_FAST = 0x1 ,
/** Default defragmentation algorithm, applied also when no `ALGORITHM` flag is specified.
Offers a balance between defragmentation quality and the amount of allocations and bytes that need to be moved .
*/
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_BALANCED = 0x2 ,
/** Perform full defragmentation of memory.
Can result in notably more time to compute and allocations to copy , but will achieve best memory packing .
*/
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_FULL = 0x4 ,
/// A bit mask to extract only `ALGORITHM` bits from entire set of flags.
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_MASK =
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_FAST |
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_BALANCED |
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_FULL
} ;
/** \brief Parameters for defragmentation.
To be used with functions Allocator : : BeginDefragmentation ( ) and Pool : : BeginDefragmentation ( ) .
*/
struct DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC
{
/// Flags.
DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAGS Flags ;
/** \brief Maximum numbers of bytes that can be copied during single pass, while moving allocations to different places.
0 means no limit .
*/
UINT64 MaxBytesPerPass ;
/** \brief Maximum number of allocations that can be moved during single pass to a different place.
0 means no limit .
*/
UINT32 MaxAllocationsPerPass ;
} ;
/// Operation performed on single defragmentation move.
enum DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION
{
/** Resource has been recreated at `pDstTmpAllocation`, data has been copied, old resource has been destroyed.
` pSrcAllocation ` will be changed to point to the new place . This is the default value set by DefragmentationContext : : BeginPass ( ) .
*/
DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_COPY = 0 ,
/// Set this value if you cannot move the allocation. New place reserved at `pDstTmpAllocation` will be freed. `pSrcAllocation` will remain unchanged.
DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_IGNORE = 1 ,
/// Set this value if you decide to abandon the allocation and you destroyed the resource. New place reserved `pDstTmpAllocation` will be freed, along with `pSrcAllocation`.
DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_DESTROY = 2 ,
} ;
/// Single move of an allocation to be done for defragmentation.
struct DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE
{
/** \brief Operation to be performed on the allocation by DefragmentationContext::EndPass().
Default value is # DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_COPY . You can modify it .
*/
DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION Operation ;
/// %Allocation that should be moved.
Allocation * pSrcAllocation ;
/** \brief Temporary allocation pointing to destination memory that will replace `pSrcAllocation`.
Use it to retrieve new ` ID3D12Heap ` and offset to create new ` ID3D12Resource ` and then store it here via Allocation : : SetResource ( ) .
\ warning Do not store this allocation in your data structures ! It exists only temporarily , for the duration of the defragmentation pass ,
to be used for storing newly created resource . DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) will destroy it and make ` pSrcAllocation ` point to this memory .
*/
Allocation * pDstTmpAllocation ;
} ;
/** \brief Parameters for incremental defragmentation steps.
To be used with function DefragmentationContext : : BeginPass ( ) .
*/
struct DEFRAGMENTATION_PASS_MOVE_INFO
{
/// Number of elements in the `pMoves` array.
UINT32 MoveCount ;
/** \brief Array of moves to be performed by the user in the current defragmentation pass.
Pointer to an array of ` MoveCount ` elements , owned by % D3D12MA , created in DefragmentationContext : : BeginPass ( ) , destroyed in DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) .
For each element , you should :
1. Create a new resource in the place pointed by ` pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation - > GetHeap ( ) ` + ` pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation - > GetOffset ( ) ` .
2. Store new resource in ` pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation ` by using Allocation : : SetResource ( ) . It will later replace old resource from ` pMoves [ i ] . pSrcAllocation ` .
3. Copy data from the ` pMoves [ i ] . pSrcAllocation ` e . g . using ` D3D12GraphicsCommandList : : CopyResource ` .
4. Make sure these commands finished executing on the GPU .
Only then you can finish defragmentation pass by calling DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) .
After this call , the allocation will point to the new place in memory .
Alternatively , if you cannot move specific allocation ,
you can set DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE : : Operation to D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_IGNORE .
Alternatively , if you decide you want to completely remove the allocation ,
set DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE : : Operation to D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_DESTROY .
Then , after DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) the allocation will be released .
*/
DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE * pMoves ;
} ;
/// %Statistics returned for defragmentation process by function DefragmentationContext::GetStats().
struct DEFRAGMENTATION_STATS
{
/// Total number of bytes that have been copied while moving allocations to different places.
UINT64 BytesMoved ;
/// Total number of bytes that have been released to the system by freeing empty heaps.
UINT64 BytesFreed ;
/// Number of allocations that have been moved to different places.
UINT32 AllocationsMoved ;
/// Number of empty `ID3D12Heap` objects that have been released to the system.
UINT32 HeapsFreed ;
} ;
/** \brief Represents defragmentation process in progress.
You can create this object using Allocator : : BeginDefragmentation ( for default pools ) or
Pool : : BeginDefragmentation ( for a custom pool ) .
*/
class D3D12MA_API DefragmentationContext : public IUnknownImpl
{
public :
/** \brief Starts single defragmentation pass.
\ param [ out ] pPassInfo Computed informations for current pass .
\ returns
- ` S_OK ` if no more moves are possible . Then you can omit call to DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) and simply end whole defragmentation .
- ` S_FALSE ` if there are pending moves returned in ` pPassInfo ` . You need to perform them , call DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) ,
and then preferably try another pass with DefragmentationContext : : BeginPass ( ) .
*/
HRESULT BeginPass ( DEFRAGMENTATION_PASS_MOVE_INFO * pPassInfo ) ;
/** \brief Ends single defragmentation pass.
\ param pPassInfo Computed informations for current pass filled by DefragmentationContext : : BeginPass ( ) and possibly modified by you .
\ return Returns ` S_OK ` if no more moves are possible or ` S_FALSE ` if more defragmentations are possible .
Ends incremental defragmentation pass and commits all defragmentation moves from ` pPassInfo ` .
After this call :
- % Allocation at ` pPassInfo [ i ] . pSrcAllocation ` that had ` pPassInfo [ i ] . Operation = = ` # DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_COPY
( which is the default ) will be pointing to the new destination place .
- % Allocation at ` pPassInfo [ i ] . pSrcAllocation ` that had ` pPassInfo [ i ] . operation = = ` # DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_DESTROY
will be released .
If no more moves are possible you can end whole defragmentation .
*/
HRESULT EndPass ( DEFRAGMENTATION_PASS_MOVE_INFO * pPassInfo ) ;
/** \brief Returns statistics of the defragmentation performed so far.
*/
void GetStats ( DEFRAGMENTATION_STATS * pStats ) ;
protected :
void ReleaseThis ( ) override ;
private :
friend class Pool ;
friend class Allocator ;
template < typename T > friend void D3D12MA_DELETE ( const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS & , T * ) ;
DefragmentationContextPimpl * m_Pimpl ;
DefragmentationContext ( AllocatorPimpl * allocator ,
const DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC & desc ,
BlockVector * poolVector ) ;
~ DefragmentationContext ( ) ;
D3D12MA_CLASS_NO_COPY ( DefragmentationContext )
} ;
/// \brief Bit flags to be used with POOL_DESC::Flags.
enum POOL_FLAGS
{
/// Zero
POOL_FLAG_NONE = 0 ,
/** \brief Enables alternative, linear allocation algorithm in this pool.
Specify this flag to enable linear allocation algorithm , which always creates
new allocations after last one and doesn ' t reuse space from allocations freed in
between . It trades memory consumption for simplified algorithm and data
structure , which has better performance and uses less memory for metadata .
By using this flag , you can achieve behavior of free - at - once , stack ,
ring buffer , and double stack .
For details , see documentation chapter \ ref linear_algorithm .
*/
POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR = 0x1 ,
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/** \brief Optimization, allocate MSAA textures as committed resources always.
Specify this flag to create MSAA textures with implicit heaps , as if they were created
with flag D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED . Usage of this flags enables pool to create its heaps
on smaller alignment not suitable for MSAA textures .
*/
POOL_FLAG_MSAA_TEXTURES_ALWAYS_COMMITTED = 0x2 ,
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// Bit mask to extract only `ALGORITHM` bits from entire set of flags.
POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_MASK = POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR
} ;
/// \brief Parameters of created D3D12MA::Pool object. To be used with D3D12MA::Allocator::CreatePool.
struct POOL_DESC
{
/// Flags.
POOL_FLAGS Flags ;
/** \brief The parameters of memory heap where allocations of this pool should be placed.
In the simplest case , just fill it with zeros and set ` Type ` to one of : ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ` ,
` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_UPLOAD ` , ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_READBACK ` . Additional parameters can be used e . g . to utilize UMA .
*/
D3D12_HEAP_PROPERTIES HeapProperties ;
/** \brief Heap flags to be used when allocating heaps of this pool.
It should contain one of these values , depending on type of resources you are going to create in this heap :
` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_BUFFERS ` ,
` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_NON_RT_DS_TEXTURES ` ,
` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_RT_DS_TEXTURES ` .
Except if ResourceHeapTier = 2 , then it may be ` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ALL_BUFFERS_AND_TEXTURES ` = 0.
You can specify additional flags if needed .
*/
D3D12_HEAP_FLAGS HeapFlags ;
/** \brief Size of a single heap (memory block) to be allocated as part of this pool, in bytes. Optional.
Specify nonzero to set explicit , constant size of memory blocks used by this pool .
Leave 0 to use default and let the library manage block sizes automatically .
Then sizes of particular blocks may vary .
*/
UINT64 BlockSize ;
/** \brief Minimum number of heaps (memory blocks) to be always allocated in this pool, even if they stay empty. Optional.
Set to 0 to have no preallocated blocks and allow the pool be completely empty .
*/
UINT MinBlockCount ;
/** \brief Maximum number of heaps (memory blocks) that can be allocated in this pool. Optional.
Set to 0 to use default , which is ` UINT64_MAX ` , which means no limit .
Set to same value as D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : MinBlockCount to have fixed amount of memory allocated
throughout whole lifetime of this pool .
*/
UINT MaxBlockCount ;
/** \brief Additional minimum alignment to be used for all allocations created from this pool. Can be 0.
Leave 0 ( default ) not to impose any additional alignment . If not 0 , it must be a power of two .
*/
UINT64 MinAllocationAlignment ;
/** \brief Additional parameter allowing pool to create resources with passed protected session.
If not null then all the heaps and committed resources will be created with this parameter .
Valid only if ID3D12Device4 interface is present in current Windows SDK !
*/
ID3D12ProtectedResourceSession * pProtectedSession ;
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/** \brief Residency priority to be set for all allocations made in this pool. Optional.
Set this parameter to one of the possible enum values e . g . ` D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY_HIGH `
to apply specific residency priority to all allocations made in this pool :
` ID3D12Heap ` memory blocks used to sub - allocate for placed resources , as well as
committed resources or heaps created when D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED is used .
This can increase / decrease chance that the memory will be pushed out from VRAM
to system RAM when the system runs out of memory , which is invisible to the developer
using D3D12 API while it can degrade performance .
Priority is set using function ` ID3D12Device1 : : SetResidencyPriority ` .
It is performed only when ` ID3D12Device1 ` interface is defined and successfully obtained .
Otherwise , this parameter is ignored .
This parameter is optional . If you set it to ` D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY ( 0 ) ` ,
residency priority will not be set for allocations made in this pool .
There is no equivalent parameter for allocations made in default pools .
If you want to set residency priority for such allocation , you need to do it manually :
allocate with D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED and call
` ID3D12Device1 : : SetResidencyPriority ` , passing ` allocation - > GetResource ( ) ` .
*/
D3D12_RESIDENCY_PRIORITY ResidencyPriority ;
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} ;
/** \brief Custom memory pool
Represents a separate set of heaps ( memory blocks ) that can be used to create
D3D12MA : : Allocation - s and resources in it . Usually there is no need to create custom
pools - creating resources in default pool is sufficient .
To create custom pool , fill D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC and call D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreatePool .
*/
class D3D12MA_API Pool : public IUnknownImpl
{
public :
/** \brief Returns copy of parameters of the pool.
These are the same parameters as passed to D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreatePool .
*/
POOL_DESC GetDesc ( ) const ;
/** \brief Retrieves basic statistics of the custom pool that are fast to calculate.
\ param [ out ] pStats % Statistics of the current pool .
*/
void GetStatistics ( Statistics * pStats ) ;
/** \brief Retrieves detailed statistics of the custom pool that are slower to calculate.
\ param [ out ] pStats % Statistics of the current pool .
*/
void CalculateStatistics ( DetailedStatistics * pStats ) ;
/** \brief Associates a name with the pool. This name is for use in debug diagnostics and tools.
Internal copy of the string is made , so the memory pointed by the argument can be
changed of freed immediately after this call .
` Name ` can be NULL .
*/
void SetName ( LPCWSTR Name ) ;
/** \brief Returns the name associated with the pool object.
Returned string points to an internal copy .
If no name was associated with the allocation , returns NULL .
*/
LPCWSTR GetName ( ) const ;
/** \brief Begins defragmentation process of the current pool.
\ param pDesc Structure filled with parameters of defragmentation .
\ param [ out ] ppContext Context object that will manage defragmentation .
\ returns
- ` S_OK ` if defragmentation can begin .
- ` E_NOINTERFACE ` if defragmentation is not supported .
For more information about defragmentation , see documentation chapter :
[ Defragmentation ] ( @ ref defragmentation ) .
*/
HRESULT BeginDefragmentation ( const DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC * pDesc , DefragmentationContext * * ppContext ) ;
protected :
void ReleaseThis ( ) override ;
private :
friend class Allocator ;
friend class AllocatorPimpl ;
template < typename T > friend void D3D12MA_DELETE ( const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS & , T * ) ;
PoolPimpl * m_Pimpl ;
Pool ( Allocator * allocator , const POOL_DESC & desc ) ;
~ Pool ( ) ;
D3D12MA_CLASS_NO_COPY ( Pool )
} ;
/// \brief Bit flags to be used with ALLOCATOR_DESC::Flags.
enum ALLOCATOR_FLAGS
{
/// Zero
ALLOCATOR_FLAG_NONE = 0 ,
/**
Allocator and all objects created from it will not be synchronized internally ,
so you must guarantee they are used from only one thread at a time or
synchronized by you .
Using this flag may increase performance because internal mutexes are not used .
*/
ALLOCATOR_FLAG_SINGLETHREADED = 0x1 ,
/**
Every allocation will have its own memory block .
To be used for debugging purposes .
*/
ALLOCATOR_FLAG_ALWAYS_COMMITTED = 0x2 ,
/**
Heaps created for the default pools will be created with flag ` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_CREATE_NOT_ZEROED ` ,
allowing for their memory to be not zeroed by the system if possible ,
which can speed up allocation .
Only affects default pools .
To use the flag with @ ref custom_pools , you need to add it manually :
\ code
poolDesc . heapFlags | = D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_CREATE_NOT_ZEROED ;
\ endcode
Only avaiable if ` ID3D12Device8 ` is present . Otherwise , the flag is ignored .
*/
ALLOCATOR_FLAG_DEFAULT_POOLS_NOT_ZEROED = 0x4 ,
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/** \brief Optimization, allocate MSAA textures as committed resources always.
Specify this flag to create MSAA textures with implicit heaps , as if they were created
with flag D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED . Usage of this flags enables all default pools
to create its heaps on smaller alignment not suitable for MSAA textures .
*/
ALLOCATOR_FLAG_MSAA_TEXTURES_ALWAYS_COMMITTED = 0x8 ,
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} ;
/// \brief Parameters of created Allocator object. To be used with CreateAllocator().
struct ALLOCATOR_DESC
{
/// Flags.
ALLOCATOR_FLAGS Flags ;
/** Direct3D device object that the allocator should be attached to.
Allocator is doing ` AddRef ` / ` Release ` on this object .
*/
ID3D12Device * pDevice ;
/** \brief Preferred size of a single `ID3D12Heap` block to be allocated.
Set to 0 to use default , which is currently 64 MiB .
*/
UINT64 PreferredBlockSize ;
/** \brief Custom CPU memory allocation callbacks. Optional.
Optional , can be null . When specified , will be used for all CPU - side memory allocations .
*/
const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS * pAllocationCallbacks ;
/** DXGI Adapter object that you use for D3D12 and this allocator.
Allocator is doing ` AddRef ` / ` Release ` on this object .
*/
IDXGIAdapter * pAdapter ;
} ;
/**
\ brief Represents main object of this library initialized for particular ` ID3D12Device ` .
Fill structure D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_DESC and call function CreateAllocator ( ) to create it .
Call method ` Release ( ) ` to destroy it .
It is recommended to create just one object of this type per ` ID3D12Device ` object ,
right after Direct3D 12 is initialized and keep it alive until before Direct3D device is destroyed .
*/
class D3D12MA_API Allocator : public IUnknownImpl
{
public :
/// Returns cached options retrieved from D3D12 device.
const D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_D3D12_OPTIONS & GetD3D12Options ( ) const ;
/** \brief Returns true if `D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_ARCHITECTURE1::UMA` was found to be true.
For more information about how to use it , see articles in Microsoft Docs articles :
- " UMA Optimizations: CPU Accessible Textures and Standard Swizzle "
- " D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_ARCHITECTURE structure (d3d12.h) "
- " ID3D12Device::GetCustomHeapProperties method (d3d12.h) "
*/
BOOL IsUMA ( ) const ;
/** \brief Returns true if `D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_ARCHITECTURE1::CacheCoherentUMA` was found to be true.
For more information about how to use it , see articles in Microsoft Docs articles :
- " UMA Optimizations: CPU Accessible Textures and Standard Swizzle "
- " D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_ARCHITECTURE structure (d3d12.h) "
- " ID3D12Device::GetCustomHeapProperties method (d3d12.h) "
*/
BOOL IsCacheCoherentUMA ( ) const ;
/** \brief Returns total amount of memory of specific segment group, in bytes.
\ param memorySegmentGroup use ` DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_LOCAL ` or DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_NON_LOCAL ` .
This information is taken from ` DXGI_ADAPTER_DESC ` .
It is not recommended to use this number .
You should preferably call GetBudget ( ) and limit memory usage to D3D12MA : : Budget : : BudgetBytes instead .
- When IsUMA ( ) ` = = FALSE ` ( discrete graphics card ) :
- ` GetMemoryCapacity ( DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_LOCAL ) ` returns the size of the video memory .
- ` GetMemoryCapacity ( DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_NON_LOCAL ) ` returns the size of the system memory available for D3D12 resources .
- When IsUMA ( ) ` = = TRUE ` ( integrated graphics chip ) :
- ` GetMemoryCapacity ( DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_LOCAL ) ` returns the size of the shared memory available for all D3D12 resources .
All memory is considered " local " .
- ` GetMemoryCapacity ( DXGI_MEMORY_SEGMENT_GROUP_NON_LOCAL ) ` is not applicable and returns 0.
*/
UINT64 GetMemoryCapacity ( UINT memorySegmentGroup ) const ;
/** \brief Allocates memory and creates a D3D12 resource (buffer or texture). This is the main allocation function.
The function is similar to ` ID3D12Device : : CreateCommittedResource ` , but it may
really call ` ID3D12Device : : CreatePlacedResource ` to assign part of a larger ,
existing memory heap to the new resource , which is the main purpose of this
whole library .
If ` ppvResource ` is null , you receive only ` ppAllocation ` object from this function .
It holds pointer to ` ID3D12Resource ` that can be queried using function D3D12MA : : Allocation : : GetResource ( ) .
Reference count of the resource object is 1.
It is automatically destroyed when you destroy the allocation object .
If ` ppvResource ` is not null , you receive pointer to the resource next to allocation object .
Reference count of the resource object is then increased by calling ` QueryInterface ` , so you need to manually ` Release ` it
along with the allocation .
\ param pAllocDesc Parameters of the allocation .
\ param pResourceDesc Description of created resource .
\ param InitialResourceState Initial resource state .
\ param pOptimizedClearValue Optional . Either null or optimized clear value .
\ param [ out ] ppAllocation Filled with pointer to new allocation object created .
\ param riidResource IID of a resource to be returned via ` ppvResource ` .
\ param [ out ] ppvResource Optional . If not null , filled with pointer to new resouce created .
\ note This function creates a new resource . Sub - allocation of parts of one large buffer ,
although recommended as a good practice , is out of scope of this library and could be implemented
by the user as a higher - level logic on top of it , e . g . using the \ ref virtual_allocator feature .
*/
HRESULT CreateResource (
const ALLOCATION_DESC * pAllocDesc ,
const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC * pResourceDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATES InitialResourceState ,
const D3D12_CLEAR_VALUE * pOptimizedClearValue ,
Allocation * * ppAllocation ,
REFIID riidResource ,
void * * ppvResource ) ;
# ifdef __ID3D12Device8_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
/** \brief Similar to Allocator::CreateResource, but supports new structure `D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1`.
It internally uses ` ID3D12Device8 : : CreateCommittedResource2 ` or ` ID3D12Device8 : : CreatePlacedResource1 ` .
To work correctly , ` ID3D12Device8 ` interface must be available in the current system . Otherwise , ` E_NOINTERFACE ` is returned .
*/
HRESULT CreateResource2 (
const ALLOCATION_DESC * pAllocDesc ,
const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 * pResourceDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATES InitialResourceState ,
const D3D12_CLEAR_VALUE * pOptimizedClearValue ,
Allocation * * ppAllocation ,
REFIID riidResource ,
void * * ppvResource ) ;
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# endif // #ifdef __ID3D12Device8_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
# ifdef __ID3D12Device10_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
/** \brief Similar to Allocator::CreateResource2, but there are initial layout instead of state and
castable formats list
It internally uses ` ID3D12Device10 : : CreateCommittedResource3 ` or ` ID3D12Device10 : : CreatePlacedResource2 ` .
To work correctly , ` ID3D12Device10 ` interface must be available in the current system . Otherwise , ` E_NOINTERFACE ` is returned .
*/
HRESULT CreateResource3 ( const ALLOCATION_DESC * pAllocDesc ,
const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 * pResourceDesc ,
D3D12_BARRIER_LAYOUT InitialLayout ,
const D3D12_CLEAR_VALUE * pOptimizedClearValue ,
UINT32 NumCastableFormats ,
DXGI_FORMAT * pCastableFormats ,
Allocation * * ppAllocation ,
REFIID riidResource ,
void * * ppvResource ) ;
# endif // #ifdef __ID3D12Device10_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
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/** \brief Allocates memory without creating any resource placed in it.
This function is similar to ` ID3D12Device : : CreateHeap ` , but it may really assign
part of a larger , existing heap to the allocation .
` pAllocDesc - > heapFlags ` should contain one of these values , depending on type of resources you are going to create in this memory :
` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_BUFFERS ` ,
` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_NON_RT_DS_TEXTURES ` ,
` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_RT_DS_TEXTURES ` .
Except if you validate that ResourceHeapTier = 2 - then ` heapFlags `
may be ` D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ALL_BUFFERS_AND_TEXTURES ` = 0.
Additional flags in ` heapFlags ` are allowed as well .
` pAllocInfo - > SizeInBytes ` must be multiply of 64 KB .
` pAllocInfo - > Alignment ` must be one of the legal values as described in documentation of ` D3D12_HEAP_DESC ` .
If you use D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED you will get a separate memory block -
a heap that always has offset 0.
*/
HRESULT AllocateMemory (
const ALLOCATION_DESC * pAllocDesc ,
const D3D12_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_INFO * pAllocInfo ,
Allocation * * ppAllocation ) ;
/** \brief Creates a new resource in place of an existing allocation. This is useful for memory aliasing.
\ param pAllocation Existing allocation indicating the memory where the new resource should be created .
It can be created using D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource and already have a resource bound to it ,
or can be a raw memory allocated with D3D12MA : : Allocator : : AllocateMemory .
It must not be created as committed so that ` ID3D12Heap ` is available and not implicit .
\ param AllocationLocalOffset Additional offset in bytes to be applied when allocating the resource .
Local from the start of ` pAllocation ` , not the beginning of the whole ` ID3D12Heap ` !
If the new resource should start from the beginning of the ` pAllocation ` it should be 0.
\ param pResourceDesc Description of the new resource to be created .
\ param InitialResourceState
\ param pOptimizedClearValue
\ param riidResource
\ param [ out ] ppvResource Returns pointer to the new resource .
The resource is not bound with ` pAllocation ` .
This pointer must not be null - you must get the resource pointer and ` Release ` it when no longer needed .
Memory requirements of the new resource are checked for validation .
If its size exceeds the end of ` pAllocation ` or required alignment is not fulfilled
considering ` pAllocation - > GetOffset ( ) + AllocationLocalOffset ` , the function
returns ` E_INVALIDARG ` .
*/
HRESULT CreateAliasingResource (
Allocation * pAllocation ,
UINT64 AllocationLocalOffset ,
const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC * pResourceDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATES InitialResourceState ,
const D3D12_CLEAR_VALUE * pOptimizedClearValue ,
REFIID riidResource ,
void * * ppvResource ) ;
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# ifdef __ID3D12Device8_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
/** \brief Similar to Allocator::CreateAliasingResource, but supports new structure `D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1`.
It internally uses ` ID3D12Device8 : : CreatePlacedResource1 ` .
To work correctly , ` ID3D12Device8 ` interface must be available in the current system . Otherwise , ` E_NOINTERFACE ` is returned .
*/
HRESULT CreateAliasingResource1 ( Allocation * pAllocation ,
UINT64 AllocationLocalOffset ,
const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 * pResourceDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATES InitialResourceState ,
const D3D12_CLEAR_VALUE * pOptimizedClearValue ,
REFIID riidResource ,
void * * ppvResource ) ;
# endif // #ifdef __ID3D12Device8_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
# ifdef __ID3D12Device10_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
/** \brief Similar to Allocator::CreateAliasingResource1, but there are initial layout instead of state and
castable formats list
It internally uses ` ID3D12Device10 : : CreatePlacedResource2 ` .
To work correctly , ` ID3D12Device10 ` interface must be available in the current system . Otherwise , ` E_NOINTERFACE ` is returned .
*/
HRESULT CreateAliasingResource2 ( Allocation * pAllocation ,
UINT64 AllocationLocalOffset ,
const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 * pResourceDesc ,
D3D12_BARRIER_LAYOUT InitialLayout ,
const D3D12_CLEAR_VALUE * pOptimizedClearValue ,
UINT32 NumCastableFormats ,
DXGI_FORMAT * pCastableFormats ,
REFIID riidResource ,
void * * ppvResource ) ;
# endif // #ifdef __ID3D12Device10_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
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/** \brief Creates custom pool.
*/
HRESULT CreatePool (
const POOL_DESC * pPoolDesc ,
Pool * * ppPool ) ;
/** \brief Sets the index of the current frame.
This function is used to set the frame index in the allocator when a new game frame begins .
*/
void SetCurrentFrameIndex ( UINT frameIndex ) ;
/** \brief Retrieves information about current memory usage and budget.
\ param [ out ] pLocalBudget Optional , can be null .
\ param [ out ] pNonLocalBudget Optional , can be null .
- When IsUMA ( ) ` = = FALSE ` ( discrete graphics card ) :
- ` pLocalBudget ` returns the budget of the video memory .
- ` pNonLocalBudget ` returns the budget of the system memory available for D3D12 resources .
- When IsUMA ( ) ` = = TRUE ` ( integrated graphics chip ) :
- ` pLocalBudget ` returns the budget of the shared memory available for all D3D12 resources .
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All memory is considered " local " .
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- ` pNonLocalBudget ` is not applicable and returns zeros .
This function is called " get " not " calculate " because it is very fast , suitable to be called
every frame or every allocation . For more detailed statistics use CalculateStatistics ( ) .
Note that when using allocator from multiple threads , returned information may immediately
become outdated .
*/
void GetBudget ( Budget * pLocalBudget , Budget * pNonLocalBudget ) ;
/** \brief Retrieves statistics from current state of the allocator.
This function is called " calculate " not " get " because it has to traverse all
internal data structures , so it may be quite slow . Use it for debugging purposes .
For faster but more brief statistics suitable to be called every frame or every allocation ,
use GetBudget ( ) .
Note that when using allocator from multiple threads , returned information may immediately
become outdated .
*/
void CalculateStatistics ( TotalStatistics * pStats ) ;
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/** \brief Builds and returns statistics as a string in JSON format.
*
@ param [ out ] ppStatsString Must be freed using Allocator : : FreeStatsString .
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@ param DetailedMap ` TRUE ` to include full list of allocations ( can make the string quite long ) , ` FALSE ` to only return statistics .
*/
void BuildStatsString ( WCHAR * * ppStatsString , BOOL DetailedMap ) const ;
/// Frees memory of a string returned from Allocator::BuildStatsString.
void FreeStatsString ( WCHAR * pStatsString ) const ;
/** \brief Begins defragmentation process of the default pools.
\ param pDesc Structure filled with parameters of defragmentation .
\ param [ out ] ppContext Context object that will manage defragmentation .
For more information about defragmentation , see documentation chapter :
[ Defragmentation ] ( @ ref defragmentation ) .
*/
void BeginDefragmentation ( const DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC * pDesc , DefragmentationContext * * ppContext ) ;
protected :
void ReleaseThis ( ) override ;
private :
friend D3D12MA_API HRESULT CreateAllocator ( const ALLOCATOR_DESC * , Allocator * * ) ;
template < typename T > friend void D3D12MA_DELETE ( const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS & , T * ) ;
friend class DefragmentationContext ;
friend class Pool ;
Allocator ( const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS & allocationCallbacks , const ALLOCATOR_DESC & desc ) ;
~ Allocator ( ) ;
AllocatorPimpl * m_Pimpl ;
D3D12MA_CLASS_NO_COPY ( Allocator )
} ;
/// \brief Bit flags to be used with VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC::Flags.
enum VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAGS
{
/// Zero
VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAG_NONE = 0 ,
/** \brief Enables alternative, linear allocation algorithm in this virtual block.
Specify this flag to enable linear allocation algorithm , which always creates
new allocations after last one and doesn ' t reuse space from allocations freed in
between . It trades memory consumption for simplified algorithm and data
structure , which has better performance and uses less memory for metadata .
By using this flag , you can achieve behavior of free - at - once , stack ,
ring buffer , and double stack .
For details , see documentation chapter \ ref linear_algorithm .
*/
VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR = POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR ,
// Bit mask to extract only `ALGORITHM` bits from entire set of flags.
VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAG_ALGORITHM_MASK = POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_MASK
} ;
/// Parameters of created D3D12MA::VirtualBlock object to be passed to CreateVirtualBlock().
struct VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC
{
/// Flags.
VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAGS Flags ;
/** \brief Total size of the block.
Sizes can be expressed in bytes or any units you want as long as you are consistent in using them .
For example , if you allocate from some array of structures , 1 can mean single instance of entire structure .
*/
UINT64 Size ;
/** \brief Custom CPU memory allocation callbacks. Optional.
Optional , can be null . When specified , will be used for all CPU - side memory allocations .
*/
const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS * pAllocationCallbacks ;
} ;
/// \brief Bit flags to be used with VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC::Flags.
enum VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAGS
{
/// Zero
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAG_NONE = 0 ,
/** \brief Allocation will be created from upper stack in a double stack pool.
This flag is only allowed for virtual blocks created with # VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR flag .
*/
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAG_UPPER_ADDRESS = ALLOCATION_FLAG_UPPER_ADDRESS ,
/// Allocation strategy that tries to minimize memory usage.
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_MEMORY = ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_MEMORY ,
/// Allocation strategy that tries to minimize allocation time.
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_TIME = ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_TIME ,
/** \brief Allocation strategy that chooses always the lowest offset in available space.
This is not the most efficient strategy but achieves highly packed data .
*/
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_OFFSET = ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MIN_OFFSET ,
/** \brief A bit mask to extract only `STRATEGY` bits from entire set of flags.
These strategy flags are binary compatible with equivalent flags in # ALLOCATION_FLAGS .
*/
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MASK = ALLOCATION_FLAG_STRATEGY_MASK ,
} ;
/// Parameters of created virtual allocation to be passed to VirtualBlock::Allocate().
struct VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC
{
/// Flags.
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAGS Flags ;
/** \brief Size of the allocation.
Cannot be zero .
*/
UINT64 Size ;
/** \brief Required alignment of the allocation.
Must be power of two . Special value 0 has the same meaning as 1 - means no special alignment is required , so allocation can start at any offset .
*/
UINT64 Alignment ;
/** \brief Custom pointer to be associated with the allocation.
It can be fetched or changed later .
*/
void * pPrivateData ;
} ;
/// Parameters of an existing virtual allocation, returned by VirtualBlock::GetAllocationInfo().
struct VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_INFO
{
/// \brief Offset of the allocation.
UINT64 Offset ;
/** \brief Size of the allocation.
Same value as passed in VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC : : Size .
*/
UINT64 Size ;
/** \brief Custom pointer associated with the allocation.
Same value as passed in VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC : : pPrivateData or VirtualBlock : : SetAllocationPrivateData ( ) .
*/
void * pPrivateData ;
} ;
/** \brief Represents pure allocation algorithm and a data structure with allocations in some memory block, without actually allocating any GPU memory.
This class allows to use the core algorithm of the library custom allocations e . g . CPU memory or
sub - allocation regions inside a single GPU buffer .
To create this object , fill in D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC and call CreateVirtualBlock ( ) .
To destroy it , call its method ` VirtualBlock : : Release ( ) ` .
You need to free all the allocations within this block or call Clear ( ) before destroying it .
This object is not thread - safe - should not be used from multiple threads simultaneously , must be synchronized externally .
*/
class D3D12MA_API VirtualBlock : public IUnknownImpl
{
public :
/** \brief Returns true if the block is empty - contains 0 allocations.
*/
BOOL IsEmpty ( ) const ;
/** \brief Returns information about an allocation - its offset, size and custom pointer.
*/
void GetAllocationInfo ( VirtualAllocation allocation , VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_INFO * pInfo ) const ;
/** \brief Creates new allocation.
\ param pDesc
\ param [ out ] pAllocation Unique indentifier of the new allocation within single block .
\ param [ out ] pOffset Returned offset of the new allocation . Optional , can be null .
\ return ` S_OK ` if allocation succeeded , ` E_OUTOFMEMORY ` if it failed .
If the allocation failed , ` pAllocation - > AllocHandle ` is set to 0 and ` pOffset ` , if not null , is set to ` UINT64_MAX ` .
*/
HRESULT Allocate ( const VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC * pDesc , VirtualAllocation * pAllocation , UINT64 * pOffset ) ;
/** \brief Frees the allocation.
Calling this function with ` allocation . AllocHandle = = 0 ` is correct and does nothing .
*/
void FreeAllocation ( VirtualAllocation allocation ) ;
/** \brief Frees all the allocations.
*/
void Clear ( ) ;
/** \brief Changes custom pointer for an allocation to a new value.
*/
void SetAllocationPrivateData ( VirtualAllocation allocation , void * pPrivateData ) ;
/** \brief Retrieves basic statistics of the virtual block that are fast to calculate.
\ param [ out ] pStats % Statistics of the virtual block .
*/
void GetStatistics ( Statistics * pStats ) const ;
/** \brief Retrieves detailed statistics of the virtual block that are slower to calculate.
\ param [ out ] pStats % Statistics of the virtual block .
*/
void CalculateStatistics ( DetailedStatistics * pStats ) const ;
/** \brief Builds and returns statistics as a string in JSON format, including the list of allocations with their parameters.
@ param [ out ] ppStatsString Must be freed using VirtualBlock : : FreeStatsString .
*/
void BuildStatsString ( WCHAR * * ppStatsString ) const ;
/** \brief Frees memory of a string returned from VirtualBlock::BuildStatsString.
*/
void FreeStatsString ( WCHAR * pStatsString ) const ;
protected :
void ReleaseThis ( ) override ;
private :
friend D3D12MA_API HRESULT CreateVirtualBlock ( const VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC * , VirtualBlock * * ) ;
template < typename T > friend void D3D12MA_DELETE ( const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS & , T * ) ;
VirtualBlockPimpl * m_Pimpl ;
VirtualBlock ( const ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS & allocationCallbacks , const VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC & desc ) ;
~ VirtualBlock ( ) ;
D3D12MA_CLASS_NO_COPY ( VirtualBlock )
} ;
/** \brief Creates new main D3D12MA::Allocator object and returns it through `ppAllocator`.
You normally only need to call it once and keep a single Allocator object for your ` ID3D12Device ` .
*/
D3D12MA_API HRESULT CreateAllocator ( const ALLOCATOR_DESC * pDesc , Allocator * * ppAllocator ) ;
/** \brief Creates new D3D12MA::VirtualBlock object and returns it through `ppVirtualBlock`.
Note you don ' t need to create D3D12MA : : Allocator to use virtual blocks .
*/
D3D12MA_API HRESULT CreateVirtualBlock ( const VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC * pDesc , VirtualBlock * * ppVirtualBlock ) ;
} // namespace D3D12MA
/// \cond INTERNAL
DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS ( D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAGS ) ;
DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS ( D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAGS ) ;
DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS ( D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_FLAGS ) ;
DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS ( D3D12MA : : POOL_FLAGS ) ;
DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS ( D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAGS ) ;
DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS ( D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_FLAGS ) ;
/// \endcond
/**
\ page quick_start Quick start
\ section quick_start_project_setup Project setup and initialization
This is a small , standalone C + + library . It consists of a pair of 2 files :
" D3D12MemAlloc.h " header file with public interface and " D3D12MemAlloc.cpp " with
internal implementation . The only external dependencies are WinAPI , Direct3D 12 ,
and parts of C / C + + standard library ( but STL containers , exceptions , or RTTI are
not used ) .
The library is developed and tested using Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 , but it
should work with other compilers as well . It is designed for 64 - bit code .
To use the library in your project :
( 1. ) Copy files ` D3D12MemAlloc . cpp ` , ` % D3D12MemAlloc . h ` to your project .
( 2. ) Make ` D3D12MemAlloc . cpp ` compiling as part of the project , as C + + code .
( 3. ) Include library header in each CPP file that needs to use the library .
\ code
# include "D3D12MemAlloc.h"
\ endcode
( 4. ) Right after you created ` ID3D12Device ` , fill D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_DESC
structure and call function D3D12MA : : CreateAllocator to create the main
D3D12MA : : Allocator object .
Please note that all symbols of the library are declared inside # D3D12MA namespace .
\ code
IDXGIAdapter * adapter = ( . . . )
ID3D12Device * device = ( . . . )
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_DESC allocatorDesc = { } ;
allocatorDesc . pDevice = device ;
allocatorDesc . pAdapter = adapter ;
D3D12MA : : Allocator * allocator ;
HRESULT hr = D3D12MA : : CreateAllocator ( & allocatorDesc , & allocator ) ;
\ endcode
( 5. ) Right before destroying the D3D12 device , destroy the allocator object .
Objects of this library must be destroyed by calling ` Release ` method .
They are somewhat compatible with COM : they implement ` IUnknown ` interface with its virtual methods : ` AddRef ` , ` Release ` , ` QueryInterface ` ,
and they are reference - counted internally .
You can use smart pointers designed for COM with objects of this library - e . g . ` CComPtr ` or ` Microsoft : : WRL : : ComPtr ` .
The reference counter is thread - safe .
` QueryInterface ` method supports only ` IUnknown ` , as classes of this library don ' t define their own GUIDs .
\ code
allocator - > Release ( ) ;
\ endcode
\ section quick_start_creating_resources Creating resources
To use the library for creating resources ( textures and buffers ) , call method
D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource in the place where you would previously call
` ID3D12Device : : CreateCommittedResource ` .
The function has similar syntax , but it expects structure D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC
to be passed along with ` D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC ` and other parameters for created
resource . This structure describes parameters of the desired memory allocation ,
including choice of ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE ` .
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The function returns a new object of type D3D12MA : : Allocation .
It represents allocated memory and can be queried for size , offset , ` ID3D12Heap ` .
It also holds a reference to the ` ID3D12Resource ` , which can be accessed by calling D3D12MA : : Allocation : : GetResource ( ) .
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\ code
D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resourceDesc = { } ;
resourceDesc . Dimension = D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D ;
resourceDesc . Alignment = 0 ;
resourceDesc . Width = 1024 ;
resourceDesc . Height = 1024 ;
resourceDesc . DepthOrArraySize = 1 ;
resourceDesc . MipLevels = 1 ;
resourceDesc . Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM ;
resourceDesc . SampleDesc . Count = 1 ;
resourceDesc . SampleDesc . Quality = 0 ;
resourceDesc . Layout = D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT_UNKNOWN ;
resourceDesc . Flags = D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_NONE ;
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC allocationDesc = { } ;
allocationDesc . HeapType = D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ;
D3D12MA : : Allocation * allocation ;
HRESULT hr = allocator - > CreateResource (
& allocationDesc ,
& resourceDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COPY_DEST ,
NULL ,
& allocation ,
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IID_NULL , NULL ) ;
// Use allocation->GetResource()...
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\ endcode
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You need to release the allocation object when no longer needed .
This will also release the D3D12 resource .
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\ code
allocation - > Release ( ) ;
\ endcode
The advantage of using the allocator instead of creating committed resource , and
the main purpose of this library , is that it can decide to allocate bigger memory
heap internally using ` ID3D12Device : : CreateHeap ` and place multiple resources in
it , at different offsets , using ` ID3D12Device : : CreatePlacedResource ` . The library
manages its own collection of allocated memory blocks ( heaps ) and remembers which
parts of them are occupied and which parts are free to be used for new resources .
It is important to remember that resources created as placed don ' t have their memory
initialized to zeros , but may contain garbage data , so they need to be fully initialized
before usage , e . g . using Clear ( ` ClearRenderTargetView ` ) , Discard ( ` DiscardResource ` ) ,
or copy ( ` CopyResource ` ) .
The library also automatically handles resource heap tier .
When ` D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_D3D12_OPTIONS : : ResourceHeapTier ` equals ` D3D12_RESOURCE_HEAP_TIER_1 ` ,
resources of 3 types : buffers , textures that are render targets or depth - stencil ,
and other textures must be kept in separate heaps . When ` D3D12_RESOURCE_HEAP_TIER_2 ` ,
they can be kept together . By using this library , you don ' t need to handle this
manually .
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\ section quick_start_resource_reference_counting Resource reference counting
` ID3D12Resource ` and other interfaces of Direct3D 12 use COM , so they are reference - counted .
Objects of this library are reference - counted as well .
An object of type D3D12MA : : Allocation remembers the resource ( buffer or texture )
that was created together with this memory allocation
and holds a reference to the ` ID3D12Resource ` object .
( Note this is a difference to Vulkan Memory Allocator , where a ` VmaAllocation ` object has no connection
with the buffer or image that was created with it . )
Thus , it is important to manage the resource reference counter properly .
< b > The simplest use case < / b > is shown in the code snippet above .
When only D3D12MA : : Allocation object is obtained from a function call like D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource ,
it remembers the ` ID3D12Resource ` that was created with it and holds a reference to it .
The resource can be obtained by calling ` allocation - > GetResource ( ) ` , which doesn ' t increment the resource
reference counter .
Calling ` allocation - > Release ( ) ` will decrease the resource reference counter , which is = 1 in this case ,
so the resource will be released .
< b > Second option < / b > is to retrieve a pointer to the resource along with D3D12MA : : Allocation .
Last parameters of the resource creation function can be used for this purpose .
\ code
D3D12MA : : Allocation * allocation ;
ID3D12Resource * resource ;
HRESULT hr = allocator - > CreateResource (
& allocationDesc ,
& resourceDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COPY_DEST ,
NULL ,
& allocation ,
IID_PPV_ARGS ( & resource ) ) ;
// Use resource...
\ endcode
In this case , returned pointer ` resource ` is equal to ` allocation - > GetResource ( ) ` ,
but the creation function additionally increases resource reference counter for the purpose of returning it from this call
( it actually calls ` QueryInterface ` internally ) , so the resource will have the counter = 2.
The resource then need to be released along with the allocation , in this particular order ,
to make sure the resource is destroyed before its memory heap can potentially be freed .
\ code
resource - > Release ( ) ;
allocation - > Release ( ) ;
\ endcode
< b > More advanced use cases < / b > are possible when we consider that an D3D12MA : : Allocation object can just hold
a reference to any resource .
It can be changed by calling D3D12MA : : Allocation : : SetResource . This function
releases the old resource and calls ` AddRef ` on the new one .
Special care must be taken when performing < b > defragmentation < / b > .
The new resource created at the destination place should be set as ` pass . pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation - > SetResource ( newRes ) ` ,
but it is moved to the source allocation at end of the defragmentation pass ,
while the old resource accessible through ` pass . pMoves [ i ] . pSrcAllocation - > GetResource ( ) ` is then released .
For more information , see documentation chapter \ ref defragmentation .
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\ section quick_start_mapping_memory Mapping memory
The process of getting regular CPU - side pointer to the memory of a resource in
Direct3D is called " mapping " . There are rules and restrictions to this process ,
as described in D3D12 documentation of ` ID3D12Resource : : Map ` method .
Mapping happens on the level of particular resources , not entire memory heaps ,
and so it is out of scope of this library . Just as the documentation of the ` Map ` function says :
- Returned pointer refers to data of particular subresource , not entire memory heap .
- You can map same resource multiple times . It is ref - counted internally .
- Mapping is thread - safe .
- Unmapping is not required before resource destruction .
- Unmapping may not be required before using written data - some heap types on
some platforms support resources persistently mapped .
When using this library , you can map and use your resources normally without
considering whether they are created as committed resources or placed resources in one large heap .
Example for buffer created and filled in ` UPLOAD ` heap type :
\ code
const UINT64 bufSize = 65536 ;
const float * bufData = ( . . . ) ;
D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resourceDesc = { } ;
resourceDesc . Dimension = D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_BUFFER ;
resourceDesc . Alignment = 0 ;
resourceDesc . Width = bufSize ;
resourceDesc . Height = 1 ;
resourceDesc . DepthOrArraySize = 1 ;
resourceDesc . MipLevels = 1 ;
resourceDesc . Format = DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN ;
resourceDesc . SampleDesc . Count = 1 ;
resourceDesc . SampleDesc . Quality = 0 ;
resourceDesc . Layout = D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT_ROW_MAJOR ;
resourceDesc . Flags = D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_NONE ;
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC allocationDesc = { } ;
allocationDesc . HeapType = D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_UPLOAD ;
D3D12Resource * resource ;
D3D12MA : : Allocation * allocation ;
HRESULT hr = allocator - > CreateResource (
& allocationDesc ,
& resourceDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_GENERIC_READ ,
NULL ,
& allocation ,
IID_PPV_ARGS ( & resource ) ) ;
void * mappedPtr ;
hr = resource - > Map ( 0 , NULL , & mappedPtr ) ;
memcpy ( mappedPtr , bufData , bufSize ) ;
resource - > Unmap ( 0 , NULL ) ;
\ endcode
\ page custom_pools Custom memory pools
A " pool " is a collection of memory blocks that share certain properties .
Allocator creates 3 default pools : for ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ` , ` UPLOAD ` , ` READBACK ` .
A default pool automatically grows in size . Size of allocated blocks is also variable and managed automatically .
Typical allocations are created in these pools . You can also create custom pools .
\ section custom_pools_usage Usage
To create a custom pool , fill in structure D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC and call function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreatePool
to obtain object D3D12MA : : Pool . Example :
\ code
POOL_DESC poolDesc = { } ;
poolDesc . HeapProperties . Type = D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ;
Pool * pool ;
HRESULT hr = allocator - > CreatePool ( & poolDesc , & pool ) ;
\ endcode
To allocate resources out of a custom pool , only set member D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC : : CustomPool .
Example :
\ code
ALLOCATION_DESC allocDesc = { } ;
allocDesc . CustomPool = pool ;
D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resDesc = . . .
Allocation * alloc ;
hr = allocator - > CreateResource ( & allocDesc , & resDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_GENERIC_READ , NULL , & alloc , IID_NULL , NULL ) ;
\ endcode
All allocations must be released before releasing the pool .
The pool must be released before relasing the allocator .
\ code
alloc - > Release ( ) ;
pool - > Release ( ) ;
\ endcode
\ section custom_pools_features_and_benefits Features and benefits
While it is recommended to use default pools whenever possible for simplicity and to give the allocator
more opportunities for internal optimizations , custom pools may be useful in following cases :
- To keep some resources separate from others in memory .
- To keep track of memory usage of just a specific group of resources . % Statistics can be queried using
D3D12MA : : Pool : : CalculateStatistics .
- To use specific size of a memory block ( ` ID3D12Heap ` ) . To set it , use member D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : BlockSize .
When set to 0 , the library uses automatically determined , variable block sizes .
- To reserve some minimum amount of memory allocated . To use it , set member D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : MinBlockCount .
- To limit maximum amount of memory allocated . To use it , set member D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : MaxBlockCount .
- To use extended parameters of the D3D12 memory allocation . While resources created from default pools
can only specify ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ` , ` UPLOAD ` , ` READBACK ` , a custom pool may use non - standard
` D3D12_HEAP_PROPERTIES ` ( member D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : HeapProperties ) and ` D3D12_HEAP_FLAGS `
( D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : HeapFlags ) , which is useful e . g . for cross - adapter sharing or UMA
( see also D3D12MA : : Allocator : : IsUMA ) .
New versions of this library support creating * * committed allocations in custom pools * * .
It is supported only when D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : BlockSize = 0.
To use this feature , set D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC : : CustomPool to the pointer to your custom pool and
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC : : Flags to D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED . Example :
\ code
ALLOCATION_DESC allocDesc = { } ;
allocDesc . CustomPool = pool ;
allocDesc . Flags = ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED ;
D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resDesc = . . .
Allocation * alloc ;
ID3D12Resource * res ;
hr = allocator - > CreateResource ( & allocDesc , & resDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_GENERIC_READ , NULL , & alloc , IID_PPV_ARGS ( & res ) ) ;
\ endcode
This feature may seem unnecessary , but creating committed allocations from custom pools may be useful
in some cases , e . g . to have separate memory usage statistics for some group of resources or to use
extended allocation parameters , like custom ` D3D12_HEAP_PROPERTIES ` , which are available only in custom pools .
\ page defragmentation Defragmentation
Interleaved allocations and deallocations of many objects of varying size can
cause fragmentation over time , which can lead to a situation where the library is unable
to find a continuous range of free memory for a new allocation despite there is
enough free space , just scattered across many small free ranges between existing
allocations .
To mitigate this problem , you can use defragmentation feature .
It doesn ' t happen automatically though and needs your cooperation ,
because % D3D12MA is a low level library that only allocates memory .
It cannot recreate buffers and textures in a new place as it doesn ' t remember the contents of ` D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC ` structure .
It cannot copy their contents as it doesn ' t record any commands to a command list .
Example :
\ code
D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC defragDesc = { } ;
defragDesc . Flags = D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_FLAG_ALGORITHM_FAST ;
D3D12MA : : DefragmentationContext * defragCtx ;
allocator - > BeginDefragmentation ( & defragDesc , & defragCtx ) ;
for ( ; ; )
{
D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_PASS_MOVE_INFO pass ;
HRESULT hr = defragCtx - > BeginPass ( & pass ) ;
if ( hr = = S_OK )
break ;
else if ( hr ! = S_FALSE )
// Handle error...
for ( UINT i = 0 ; i < pass . MoveCount ; + + i )
{
// Inspect pass.pMoves[i].pSrcAllocation, identify what buffer/texture it represents.
MyEngineResourceData * resData = ( MyEngineResourceData * ) pMoves [ i ] . pSrcAllocation - > GetPrivateData ( ) ;
// Recreate this buffer/texture as placed at pass.pMoves[i].pDstTmpAllocation.
D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resDesc = . . .
ID3D12Resource * newRes ;
hr = device - > CreatePlacedResource (
pass . pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation - > GetHeap ( ) ,
pass . pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation - > GetOffset ( ) , & resDesc ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COPY_DEST , NULL , IID_PPV_ARGS ( & newRes ) ) ;
// Check hr...
// Store new resource in the pDstTmpAllocation.
pass . pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation - > SetResource ( newRes ) ;
// Copy its content to the new place.
cmdList - > CopyResource (
pass . pMoves [ i ] . pDstTmpAllocation - > GetResource ( ) ,
pass . pMoves [ i ] . pSrcAllocation - > GetResource ( ) ) ;
}
// Make sure the copy commands finished executing.
cmdQueue - > ExecuteCommandLists ( . . . ) ;
// ...
WaitForSingleObject ( fenceEvent , INFINITE ) ;
// Update appropriate descriptors to point to the new places...
hr = defragCtx - > EndPass ( & pass ) ;
if ( hr = = S_OK )
break ;
else if ( hr ! = S_FALSE )
// Handle error...
}
defragCtx - > Release ( ) ;
\ endcode
Although functions like D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateResource ( )
create an allocation and a buffer / texture at once , these are just a shortcut for
allocating memory and creating a placed resource .
Defragmentation works on memory allocations only . You must handle the rest manually .
Defragmentation is an iterative process that should repreat " passes " as long as related functions
return ` S_FALSE ` not ` S_OK ` .
In each pass :
1. D3D12MA : : DefragmentationContext : : BeginPass ( ) function call :
- Calculates and returns the list of allocations to be moved in this pass .
Note this can be a time - consuming process .
- Reserves destination memory for them by creating temporary destination allocations
that you can query for their ` ID3D12Heap ` + offset using methods like D3D12MA : : Allocation : : GetHeap ( ) .
2. Inside the pass , * * you should * * :
- Inspect the returned list of allocations to be moved .
- Create new buffers / textures as placed at the returned destination temporary allocations .
- Copy data from source to destination resources if necessary .
- Store the pointer to the new resource in the temporary destination allocation .
3. D3D12MA : : DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) function call :
- Frees the source memory reserved for the allocations that are moved .
- Modifies source D3D12MA : : Allocation objects that are moved to point to the destination reserved memory
and destination resource , while source resource is released .
- Frees ` ID3D12Heap ` blocks that became empty .
Defragmentation algorithm tries to move all suitable allocations .
You can , however , refuse to move some of them inside a defragmentation pass , by setting
` pass . pMoves [ i ] . Operation ` to D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_IGNORE .
This is not recommended and may result in suboptimal packing of the allocations after defragmentation .
If you cannot ensure any allocation can be moved , it is better to keep movable allocations separate in a custom pool .
Inside a pass , for each allocation that should be moved :
- You should copy its data from the source to the destination place by calling e . g . ` CopyResource ( ) ` .
- You need to make sure these commands finished executing before the source buffers / textures are released by D3D12MA : : DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) .
- If a resource doesn ' t contain any meaningful data , e . g . it is a transient render - target texture to be cleared ,
filled , and used temporarily in each rendering frame , you can just recreate this texture
without copying its data .
- If the resource is in ` D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_READBACK ` memory , you can copy its data on the CPU
using ` memcpy ( ) ` .
- If you cannot move the allocation , you can set ` pass . pMoves [ i ] . Operation ` to D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_IGNORE .
This will cancel the move .
- D3D12MA : : DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) will then free the destination memory
not the source memory of the allocation , leaving it unchanged .
- If you decide the allocation is unimportant and can be destroyed instead of moved ( e . g . it wasn ' t used for long time ) ,
you can set ` pass . pMoves [ i ] . Operation ` to D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_DESTROY .
- D3D12MA : : DefragmentationContext : : EndPass ( ) will then free both source and destination memory , and will destroy the source D3D12MA : : Allocation object .
You can defragment a specific custom pool by calling D3D12MA : : Pool : : BeginDefragmentation
or all the default pools by calling D3D12MA : : Allocator : : BeginDefragmentation ( like in the example above ) .
Defragmentation is always performed in each pool separately .
Allocations are never moved between different heap types .
The size of the destination memory reserved for a moved allocation is the same as the original one .
Alignment of an allocation as it was determined using ` GetResourceAllocationInfo ( ) ` is also respected after defragmentation .
Buffers / textures should be recreated with the same ` D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC ` parameters as the original ones .
You can perform the defragmentation incrementally to limit the number of allocations and bytes to be moved
in each pass , e . g . to call it in sync with render frames and not to experience too big hitches .
See members : D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC : : MaxBytesPerPass , D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_DESC : : MaxAllocationsPerPass .
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< b > Thread safety : < / b >
It is safe to perform the defragmentation asynchronously to render frames and other Direct3D 12 and % D3D12MA
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usage , possibly from multiple threads , with the exception that allocations
returned in D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_PASS_MOVE_INFO : : pMoves shouldn ' t be released until the defragmentation pass is ended .
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During the call to D3D12MA : : DefragmentationContext : : BeginPass ( ) , any operations on the memory pool
affected by the defragmentation are blocked by a mutex .
What it means in practice is that you shouldn ' t free any allocations from the defragmented pool
since the moment a call to ` BeginPass ` begins . Otherwise , a thread performing the ` allocation - > Release ( ) `
would block for the time ` BeginPass ` executes and then free the allocation when it finishes , while the allocation
could have ended up on the list of allocations to move .
A solution to freeing allocations during defragmentation is to find such allocation on the list
` pass . pMoves [ i ] ` and set its operation to D3D12MA : : DEFRAGMENTATION_MOVE_OPERATION_DESTROY instead of
calling ` allocation - > Release ( ) ` , or simply deferring the release to the time after defragmentation finished .
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< b > Mapping < / b > is out of scope of this library and so it is not preserved after an allocation is moved during defragmentation .
You need to map the new resource yourself if needed .
\ note Defragmentation is not supported in custom pools created with D3D12MA : : POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR .
\ page statistics Statistics
This library contains several functions that return information about its internal state ,
especially the amount of memory allocated from D3D12 .
\ section statistics_numeric_statistics Numeric statistics
If you need to obtain basic statistics about memory usage per memory segment group , together with current budget ,
you can call function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : GetBudget ( ) and inspect structure D3D12MA : : Budget .
This is useful to keep track of memory usage and stay withing budget .
Example :
\ code
D3D12MA : : Budget localBudget ;
allocator - > GetBudget ( & localBudget , NULL ) ;
printf ( " My GPU memory currently has %u allocations taking %llu B, \n " ,
localBudget . Statistics . AllocationCount ,
localBudget . Statistics . AllocationBytes ) ;
printf ( " allocated out of %u D3D12 memory heaps taking %llu B, \n " ,
localBudget . Statistics . BlockCount ,
localBudget . Statistics . BlockBytes ) ;
printf ( " D3D12 reports total usage %llu B with budget %llu B. \n " ,
localBudget . UsageBytes ,
localBudget . BudgetBytes ) ;
\ endcode
You can query for more detailed statistics per heap type , memory segment group , and totals ,
including minimum and maximum allocation size and unused range size ,
by calling function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CalculateStatistics ( ) and inspecting structure D3D12MA : : TotalStatistics .
This function is slower though , as it has to traverse all the internal data structures ,
so it should be used only for debugging purposes .
You can query for statistics of a custom pool using function D3D12MA : : Pool : : GetStatistics ( )
or D3D12MA : : Pool : : CalculateStatistics ( ) .
You can query for information about a specific allocation using functions of the D3D12MA : : Allocation class ,
e . g . ` GetSize ( ) ` , ` GetOffset ( ) ` , ` GetHeap ( ) ` .
\ section statistics_json_dump JSON dump
You can dump internal state of the allocator to a string in JSON format using function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : BuildStatsString ( ) .
The result is guaranteed to be correct JSON .
It uses Windows Unicode ( UTF - 16 ) encoding .
Any strings provided by user ( see D3D12MA : : Allocation : : SetName ( ) )
are copied as - is and properly escaped for JSON .
It must be freed using function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : FreeStatsString ( ) .
The format of this JSON string is not part of official documentation of the library ,
but it will not change in backward - incompatible way without increasing library major version number
and appropriate mention in changelog .
The JSON string contains all the data that can be obtained using D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CalculateStatistics ( ) .
It can also contain detailed map of allocated memory blocks and their regions -
free and occupied by allocations .
This allows e . g . to visualize the memory or assess fragmentation .
\ page resource_aliasing Resource aliasing ( overlap )
New explicit graphics APIs ( Vulkan and Direct3D 12 ) , thanks to manual memory
management , give an opportunity to alias ( overlap ) multiple resources in the
same region of memory - a feature not available in the old APIs ( Direct3D 11 , OpenGL ) .
It can be useful to save video memory , but it must be used with caution .
For example , if you know the flow of your whole render frame in advance , you
are going to use some intermediate textures or buffers only during a small range of render passes ,
and you know these ranges don ' t overlap in time , you can create these resources in
the same place in memory , even if they have completely different parameters ( width , height , format etc . ) .
! [ Resource aliasing ( overlap ) ] ( . . / gfx / Aliasing . png )
Such scenario is possible using D3D12MA , but you need to create your resources
using special function D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateAliasingResource .
Before that , you need to allocate memory with parameters calculated using formula :
- allocation size = max ( size of each resource )
- allocation alignment = max ( alignment of each resource )
Following example shows two different textures created in the same place in memory ,
allocated to fit largest of them .
\ code
D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resDesc1 = { } ;
resDesc1 . Dimension = D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D ;
resDesc1 . Alignment = 0 ;
resDesc1 . Width = 1920 ;
resDesc1 . Height = 1080 ;
resDesc1 . DepthOrArraySize = 1 ;
resDesc1 . MipLevels = 1 ;
resDesc1 . Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM ;
resDesc1 . SampleDesc . Count = 1 ;
resDesc1 . SampleDesc . Quality = 0 ;
resDesc1 . Layout = D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT_UNKNOWN ;
resDesc1 . Flags = D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_ALLOW_RENDER_TARGET | D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_ALLOW_UNORDERED_ACCESS ;
D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resDesc2 = { } ;
resDesc2 . Dimension = D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D ;
resDesc2 . Alignment = 0 ;
resDesc2 . Width = 1024 ;
resDesc2 . Height = 1024 ;
resDesc2 . DepthOrArraySize = 1 ;
resDesc2 . MipLevels = 0 ;
resDesc2 . Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM ;
resDesc2 . SampleDesc . Count = 1 ;
resDesc2 . SampleDesc . Quality = 0 ;
resDesc2 . Layout = D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT_UNKNOWN ;
resDesc2 . Flags = D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_ALLOW_RENDER_TARGET ;
const D3D12_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_INFO allocInfo1 =
device - > GetResourceAllocationInfo ( 0 , 1 , & resDesc1 ) ;
const D3D12_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_INFO allocInfo2 =
device - > GetResourceAllocationInfo ( 0 , 1 , & resDesc2 ) ;
D3D12_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_INFO finalAllocInfo = { } ;
finalAllocInfo . Alignment = std : : max ( allocInfo1 . Alignment , allocInfo2 . Alignment ) ;
finalAllocInfo . SizeInBytes = std : : max ( allocInfo1 . SizeInBytes , allocInfo2 . SizeInBytes ) ;
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC allocDesc = { } ;
allocDesc . HeapType = D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT ;
allocDesc . ExtraHeapFlags = D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_ALLOW_ONLY_RT_DS_TEXTURES ;
D3D12MA : : Allocation * alloc ;
hr = allocator - > AllocateMemory ( & allocDesc , & finalAllocInfo , & alloc ) ;
assert ( alloc ! = NULL & & alloc - > GetHeap ( ) ! = NULL ) ;
ID3D12Resource * res1 ;
hr = allocator - > CreateAliasingResource (
alloc ,
0 , // AllocationLocalOffset
& resDesc1 ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COMMON ,
NULL , // pOptimizedClearValue
IID_PPV_ARGS ( & res1 ) ) ;
ID3D12Resource * res2 ;
hr = allocator - > CreateAliasingResource (
alloc ,
0 , // AllocationLocalOffset
& resDesc2 ,
D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COMMON ,
NULL , // pOptimizedClearValue
IID_PPV_ARGS ( & res2 ) ) ;
// You can use res1 and res2, but not at the same time!
res2 - > Release ( ) ;
res1 - > Release ( ) ;
alloc - > Release ( ) ;
\ endcode
Remember that using resouces that alias in memory requires proper synchronization .
You need to issue a special barrier of type ` D3D12_RESOURCE_BARRIER_TYPE_ALIASING ` .
You also need to treat a resource after aliasing as uninitialized - containing garbage data .
For example , if you use ` res1 ` and then want to use ` res2 ` , you need to first initialize ` res2 `
using either Clear , Discard , or Copy to the entire resource .
Additional considerations :
- D3D12 also allows to interpret contents of memory between aliasing resources consistently in some cases ,
which is called " data inheritance " . For details , see
Microsoft documentation chapter " Memory Aliasing and Data Inheritance " .
- You can create more complex layout where different textures and buffers are bound
at different offsets inside one large allocation . For example , one can imagine
a big texture used in some render passes , aliasing with a set of many small buffers
used in some further passes . To bind a resource at non - zero offset of an allocation ,
call D3D12MA : : Allocator : : CreateAliasingResource with appropriate value of ` AllocationLocalOffset ` parameter .
- Resources of the three categories : buffers , textures with ` RENDER_TARGET ` or ` DEPTH_STENCIL ` flags , and all other textures ,
can be placed in the same memory only when ` allocator - > GetD3D12Options ( ) . ResourceHeapTier > = D3D12_RESOURCE_HEAP_TIER_2 ` .
Otherwise they must be placed in different memory heap types , and thus aliasing them is not possible .
\ page linear_algorithm Linear allocation algorithm
Each D3D12 memory block managed by this library has accompanying metadata that
keeps track of used and unused regions . By default , the metadata structure and
algorithm tries to find best place for new allocations among free regions to
optimize memory usage . This way you can allocate and free objects in any order .
! [ Default allocation algorithm ] ( . . / gfx / Linear_allocator_1_algo_default . png )
Sometimes there is a need to use simpler , linear allocation algorithm . You can
create custom pool that uses such algorithm by adding flag
D3D12MA : : POOL_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR to D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : Flags while creating
D3D12MA : : Pool object . Then an alternative metadata management is used . It always
creates new allocations after last one and doesn ' t reuse free regions after
allocations freed in the middle . It results in better allocation performance and
less memory consumed by metadata .
! [ Linear allocation algorithm ] ( . . / gfx / Linear_allocator_2_algo_linear . png )
With this one flag , you can create a custom pool that can be used in many ways :
free - at - once , stack , double stack , and ring buffer . See below for details .
You don ' t need to specify explicitly which of these options you are going to use - it is detected automatically .
\ section linear_algorithm_free_at_once Free - at - once
In a pool that uses linear algorithm , you still need to free all the allocations
individually by calling ` allocation - > Release ( ) ` . You can free
them in any order . New allocations are always made after last one - free space
in the middle is not reused . However , when you release all the allocation and
the pool becomes empty , allocation starts from the beginning again . This way you
can use linear algorithm to speed up creation of allocations that you are going
to release all at once .
! [ Free - at - once ] ( . . / gfx / Linear_allocator_3_free_at_once . png )
This mode is also available for pools created with D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : MaxBlockCount
value that allows multiple memory blocks .
\ section linear_algorithm_stack Stack
When you free an allocation that was created last , its space can be reused .
Thanks to this , if you always release allocations in the order opposite to their
creation ( LIFO - Last In First Out ) , you can achieve behavior of a stack .
! [ Stack ] ( . . / gfx / Linear_allocator_4_stack . png )
This mode is also available for pools created with D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : MaxBlockCount
value that allows multiple memory blocks .
\ section linear_algorithm_double_stack Double stack
The space reserved by a custom pool with linear algorithm may be used by two
stacks :
- First , default one , growing up from offset 0.
- Second , " upper " one , growing down from the end towards lower offsets .
To make allocation from the upper stack , add flag D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_UPPER_ADDRESS
to D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_DESC : : Flags .
! [ Double stack ] ( . . / gfx / Linear_allocator_7_double_stack . png )
Double stack is available only in pools with one memory block -
D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : MaxBlockCount must be 1. Otherwise behavior is undefined .
When the two stacks ' ends meet so there is not enough space between them for a
new allocation , such allocation fails with usual ` E_OUTOFMEMORY ` error .
\ section linear_algorithm_ring_buffer Ring buffer
When you free some allocations from the beginning and there is not enough free space
for a new one at the end of a pool , allocator ' s " cursor " wraps around to the
beginning and starts allocation there . Thanks to this , if you always release
allocations in the same order as you created them ( FIFO - First In First Out ) ,
you can achieve behavior of a ring buffer / queue .
! [ Ring buffer ] ( . . / gfx / Linear_allocator_5_ring_buffer . png )
Ring buffer is available only in pools with one memory block -
D3D12MA : : POOL_DESC : : MaxBlockCount must be 1. Otherwise behavior is undefined .
\ section linear_algorithm_additional_considerations Additional considerations
Linear algorithm can also be used with \ ref virtual_allocator .
See flag D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR .
\ page virtual_allocator Virtual allocator
As an extra feature , the core allocation algorithm of the library is exposed through a simple and convenient API of " virtual allocator " .
It doesn ' t allocate any real GPU memory . It just keeps track of used and free regions of a " virtual block " .
You can use it to allocate your own memory or other objects , even completely unrelated to D3D12 .
A common use case is sub - allocation of pieces of one large GPU buffer .
\ section virtual_allocator_creating_virtual_block Creating virtual block
To use this functionality , there is no main " allocator " object .
You don ' t need to have D3D12MA : : Allocator object created .
All you need to do is to create a separate D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock object for each block of memory you want to be managed by the allocator :
- # Fill in D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_DESC structure .
- # Call D3D12MA : : CreateVirtualBlock . Get new D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock object .
Example :
\ code
D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC blockDesc = { } ;
blockDesc . Size = 1048576 ; // 1 MB
D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock * block ;
HRESULT hr = CreateVirtualBlock ( & blockDesc , & block ) ;
\ endcode
\ section virtual_allocator_making_virtual_allocations Making virtual allocations
D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock object contains internal data structure that keeps track of free and occupied regions
using the same code as the main D3D12 memory allocator .
A single allocation is identified by a lightweight structure D3D12MA : : VirtualAllocation .
You will also likely want to know the offset at which the allocation was made in the block .
In order to make an allocation :
- # Fill in D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC structure .
- # Call D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : Allocate . Get new D3D12MA : : VirtualAllocation value that identifies the allocation .
Example :
\ code
D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC allocDesc = { } ;
allocDesc . Size = 4096 ; // 4 KB
D3D12MA : : VirtualAllocation alloc ;
UINT64 allocOffset ;
hr = block - > Allocate ( & allocDesc , & alloc , & allocOffset ) ;
if ( SUCCEEDED ( hr ) )
{
// Use the 4 KB of your memory starting at allocOffset.
}
else
{
// Allocation failed - no space for it could be found. Handle this error!
}
\ endcode
\ section virtual_allocator_deallocation Deallocation
When no longer needed , an allocation can be freed by calling D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : FreeAllocation .
When whole block is no longer needed , the block object can be released by calling ` block - > Release ( ) ` .
All allocations must be freed before the block is destroyed , which is checked internally by an assert .
However , if you don ' t want to call ` block - > FreeAllocation ` for each allocation , you can use D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : Clear to free them all at once -
a feature not available in normal D3D12 memory allocator .
Example :
\ code
block - > FreeAllocation ( alloc ) ;
block - > Release ( ) ;
\ endcode
\ section virtual_allocator_allocation_parameters Allocation parameters
You can attach a custom pointer to each allocation by using D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : SetAllocationPrivateData .
Its default value is ` NULL ` .
It can be used to store any data that needs to be associated with that allocation - e . g . an index , a handle , or a pointer to some
larger data structure containing more information . Example :
\ code
struct CustomAllocData
{
std : : string m_AllocName ;
} ;
CustomAllocData * allocData = new CustomAllocData ( ) ;
allocData - > m_AllocName = " My allocation 1 " ;
block - > SetAllocationPrivateData ( alloc , allocData ) ;
\ endcode
The pointer can later be fetched , along with allocation offset and size , by passing the allocation handle to function
D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : GetAllocationInfo and inspecting returned structure D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_INFO .
If you allocated a new object to be used as the custom pointer , don ' t forget to delete that object before freeing the allocation !
Example :
\ code
VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_INFO allocInfo ;
block - > GetAllocationInfo ( alloc , & allocInfo ) ;
delete ( CustomAllocData * ) allocInfo . pPrivateData ;
block - > FreeAllocation ( alloc ) ;
\ endcode
\ section virtual_allocator_alignment_and_units Alignment and units
It feels natural to express sizes and offsets in bytes .
If an offset of an allocation needs to be aligned to a multiply of some number ( e . g . 4 bytes ) , you can fill optional member
D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC : : Alignment to request it . Example :
\ code
D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC allocDesc = { } ;
allocDesc . Size = 4096 ; // 4 KB
allocDesc . Alignment = 4 ; // Returned offset must be a multiply of 4 B
D3D12MA : : VirtualAllocation alloc ;
UINT64 allocOffset ;
hr = block - > Allocate ( & allocDesc , & alloc , & allocOffset ) ;
\ endcode
Alignments of different allocations made from one block may vary .
However , if all alignments and sizes are always multiply of some size e . g . 4 B or ` sizeof ( MyDataStruct ) ` ,
you can express all sizes , alignments , and offsets in multiples of that size instead of individual bytes .
It might be more convenient , but you need to make sure to use this new unit consistently in all the places :
- D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_BLOCK_DESC : : Size
- D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC : : Size and D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_DESC : : Alignment
- Using offset returned by D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : Allocate and D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_ALLOCATION_INFO : : Offset
\ section virtual_allocator_statistics Statistics
You can obtain brief statistics of a virtual block using D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : GetStatistics ( ) .
The function fills structure D3D12MA : : Statistics - same as used by the normal D3D12 memory allocator .
Example :
\ code
D3D12MA : : Statistics stats ;
block - > GetStatistics ( & stats ) ;
printf ( " My virtual block has %llu bytes used by %u virtual allocations \n " ,
stats . AllocationBytes , stats . AllocationCount ) ;
\ endcode
More detailed statistics can be obtained using function D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : CalculateStatistics ( ) ,
but they are slower to calculate .
You can also request a full list of allocations and free regions as a string in JSON format by calling
D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : BuildStatsString .
Returned string must be later freed using D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock : : FreeStatsString .
The format of this string may differ from the one returned by the main D3D12 allocator , but it is similar .
\ section virtual_allocator_additional_considerations Additional considerations
Alternative , linear algorithm can be used with virtual allocator - see flag
D3D12MA : : VIRTUAL_BLOCK_FLAG_ALGORITHM_LINEAR and documentation : \ ref linear_algorithm .
Note that the " virtual allocator " functionality is implemented on a level of individual memory blocks .
Keeping track of a whole collection of blocks , allocating new ones when out of free space ,
deleting empty ones , and deciding which one to try first for a new allocation must be implemented by the user .
\ page configuration Configuration
Please check file ` D3D12MemAlloc . cpp ` lines between " Configuration Begin " and
" Configuration End " to find macros that you can define to change the behavior of
the library , primarily for debugging purposes .
\ section custom_memory_allocator Custom CPU memory allocator
If you use custom allocator for CPU memory rather than default C + + operator ` new `
and ` delete ` or ` malloc ` and ` free ` functions , you can make this library using
your allocator as well by filling structure D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS and
passing it as optional member D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_DESC : : pAllocationCallbacks .
Functions pointed there will be used by the library to make any CPU - side
allocations . Example :
\ code
# include <malloc.h>
void * CustomAllocate ( size_t Size , size_t Alignment , void * pPrivateData )
{
void * memory = _aligned_malloc ( Size , Alignment ) ;
// Your extra bookkeeping here...
return memory ;
}
void CustomFree ( void * pMemory , void * pPrivateData )
{
// Your extra bookkeeping here...
_aligned_free ( pMemory ) ;
}
( . . . )
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_CALLBACKS allocationCallbacks = { } ;
allocationCallbacks . pAllocate = & CustomAllocate ;
allocationCallbacks . pFree = & CustomFree ;
D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_DESC allocatorDesc = { } ;
allocatorDesc . pDevice = device ;
allocatorDesc . pAdapter = adapter ;
allocatorDesc . pAllocationCallbacks = & allocationCallbacks ;
D3D12MA : : Allocator * allocator ;
HRESULT hr = D3D12MA : : CreateAllocator ( & allocatorDesc , & allocator ) ;
\ endcode
\ section debug_margins Debug margins
By default , allocations are laid out in memory blocks next to each other if possible
( considering required alignment returned by ` ID3D12Device : : GetResourceAllocationInfo ` ) .
! [ Allocations without margin ] ( . . / gfx / Margins_1 . png )
Define macro ` D3D12MA_DEBUG_MARGIN ` to some non - zero value ( e . g . 16 ) inside " D3D12MemAlloc.cpp "
to enforce specified number of bytes as a margin after every allocation .
! [ Allocations with margin ] ( . . / gfx / Margins_2 . png )
If your bug goes away after enabling margins , it means it may be caused by memory
being overwritten outside of allocation boundaries . It is not 100 % certain though .
Change in application behavior may also be caused by different order and distribution
of allocations across memory blocks after margins are applied .
Margins work with all memory heap types .
Margin is applied only to placed allocations made out of memory heaps and not to committed
allocations , which have their own , implicit memory heap of specific size .
It is thus not applied to allocations made using D3D12MA : : ALLOCATION_FLAG_COMMITTED flag
or those automatically decided to put into committed allocations , e . g . due to its large size .
Margins appear in [ JSON dump ] ( @ ref statistics_json_dump ) as part of free space .
Note that enabling margins increases memory usage and fragmentation .
Margins do not apply to \ ref virtual_allocator .
\ page general_considerations General considerations
\ section general_considerations_thread_safety Thread safety
- The library has no global state , so separate D3D12MA : : Allocator objects can be used independently .
In typical applications there should be no need to create multiple such objects though - one per ` ID3D12Device ` is enough .
- All calls to methods of D3D12MA : : Allocator class are safe to be made from multiple
threads simultaneously because they are synchronized internally when needed .
- When the allocator is created with D3D12MA : : ALLOCATOR_FLAG_SINGLETHREADED ,
calls to methods of D3D12MA : : Allocator class must be made from a single thread or synchronized by the user .
Using this flag may improve performance .
- D3D12MA : : VirtualBlock is not safe to be used from multiple threads simultaneously .
\ section general_considerations_versioning_and_compatibility Versioning and compatibility
The library uses [ * * Semantic Versioning * * ] ( https : //semver.org/),
which means version numbers follow convention : Major . Minor . Patch ( e . g . 2.3 .0 ) , where :
- Incremented Patch version means a release is backward - and forward - compatible ,
introducing only some internal improvements , bug fixes , optimizations etc .
or changes that are out of scope of the official API described in this documentation .
- Incremented Minor version means a release is backward - compatible ,
so existing code that uses the library should continue to work , while some new
symbols could have been added : new structures , functions , new values in existing
enums and bit flags , new structure members , but not new function parameters .
- Incrementing Major version means a release could break some backward compatibility .
All changes between official releases are documented in file " CHANGELOG.md " .
\ warning Backward compatiblity is considered on the level of C + + source code , not binary linkage .
Adding new members to existing structures is treated as backward compatible if initializing
the new members to binary zero results in the old behavior .
You should always fully initialize all library structures to zeros and not rely on their
exact binary size .
\ section general_considerations_features_not_supported Features not supported
Features deliberately excluded from the scope of this library :
- * * Descriptor allocation . * * Although also called " heaps " , objects that represent
descriptors are separate part of the D3D12 API from buffers and textures .
You can still use \ ref virtual_allocator to manage descriptors and their ranges inside a descriptor heap .
- * * Support for reserved ( tiled ) resources . * * We don ' t recommend using them .
- Support for ` ID3D12Device : : Evict ` and ` MakeResident ` . We don ' t recommend using them .
You can call them on the D3D12 objects manually .
Plese keep in mind , however , that eviction happens on the level of entire ` ID3D12Heap ` memory blocks
and not individual buffers or textures which may be placed inside them .
- * * Handling CPU memory allocation failures . * * When dynamically creating small C + +
objects in CPU memory ( not the GPU memory ) , allocation failures are not
handled gracefully , because that would complicate code significantly and
is usually not needed in desktop PC applications anyway .
Success of an allocation is just checked with an assert .
- * * Code free of any compiler warnings . * *
There are many preprocessor macros that make some variables unused , function parameters unreferenced ,
or conditional expressions constant in some configurations .
The code of this library should not be bigger or more complicated just to silence these warnings .
It is recommended to disable such warnings instead .
- This is a C + + library . * * Bindings or ports to any other programming languages * * are welcome as external projects but
are not going to be included into this repository .
*/