Cdp_simple_quicksort made the Cuda-context consumed 50MB more…why?and what’s the best way to sort in CUDA?

opengpu · April 16, 2024, 10:37am

cdp_simple_quicksort function from here made the Cuda-context consumed 50MB more than not compiled cdp_simple_quicksort…WHY 50MB so much?

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NVIDIA/cuda-samples/blob/master/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimpleQuicksort/cdpSimpleQuicksort.cu

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and what’s the best way to sort in CUDA?

Thanks!

ptrblck · April 16, 2024, 5:41pm

The issue doesn’t seem to be related to PyTorch, so you might want to ask in the NVIDIA discussion board.