Previously you had to create a special virtual object to place in the
`Buffer`'s metadata. This added a lot of difficulty that is probably
unnecessary.
Instead, just have `Buffer` hold an arbitrary object and some simple
functions to copy and delete it. There may be issues with type safety
across translation units, but we'll deal with that when/if we run into
it.
ArrayRangeCompute.hxx was removed, but other code may be including it.
The file was replaced. It now just includes its replacement
(ArrayRangeComputeTemplate.h) and forces a deprecation warning.
Instead, always use precompiled versions of range computing. This means
you won't be able to specify the type. Currently, types are limited to
scalars vecs up to size 4.
The main motivation for this change is to allow you to include Field.h
with a non-device compiler. This is an important feature for our
customers.
I plan in the future to implement a mechanism to pull out a component of
most ArrayHandle's as a single array. This would enable us to support a
precompiled version that can compute the range of arbitrarily sized
Vecs.
The new name reflects better what the underlying algorithm does. It also
helps prevent confusion about what types of data the locator is good
for. The old name suggested it only worked for structured grids, which
is not the case.
We would really like to be able to include `vtkm::cont::ColorTable` in
such a way that you don't have to compile device code (unless you are
actually compiling functions for the device). Thus, the `Map` functions
of `ColorTable` were in a special `ColorTable.hxx` that contains the
"implementation" for `ColorTable`.
That is confusing to many users. It is more clear to simply have `.h`
headers that do a specific thing. To achieve these two goals, the `Map`
functionality of `ColorTable` is separated out into its own header file.
So you don't need to be using a device compiler just to use `ColorTable`
(including `ColorTable.h`), but you do need to use a device compiler if
mapping values to colors (including `ColorTableMap.h`).
As we remove more and more virtual methods from VTK-m, I expect several
users will be interested in completely removing them from the build for
several reasons.
1. They may be compiling for hardware that does not support virtual
methods.
2. They may need to compile for CUDA but need shared libraries.
3. It should go a bit faster.
To enable this, a CMake option named `VTKm_NO_DEPRECATED_VIRTUAL` is
added. It defaults to `OFF`. But when it is `ON`, none of the code that
both uses virtuals and is deprecated will be built.
Currently, only `ArrayHandleVirtual` is deprecated, so the rest of the
virtual classes will still be built. As we move forward, more will be
removed until all virtual method functionality is removed.
The implementation of `VariantArrayHandle` has been changed to be a
relatively trivial subclass of `UnknownArrayHandle`.
The advantage of this change is twofold. First, it removes
`VariantArrayHandle`'s dependence on `ArrayHandleVirtual`, which gets us
much closer to deprecating that class. Second, it ensures that
`UnknownArrayHandle` is a reasonable replacement for
`VariantArrayHandle`, so we can move forward with replacing that.
The number of bits in a `BitField` cannot be directly implied from the
size of the buffer (because the buffer gets padded to the nearest sized
word). Thus, the `BitField stored the number of bits in its own
internals.
Unfortunately, that caused issues when passing the `BitField` data
between it and an `ArrayHandleBitField`. If the `ArrayHandleBitField`
resized itself, the `BitField` would not see the new size because it
ignored the new buffer size.
To get around this problem, `BitField` now declares its own
`BufferMetaData` that stores the number of bits. Now, since the number
of bits is stored in the `Buffer` object, it is sufficient to just share
the `Buffer` to synchronize all of the state.
`CoordinateSystem` differed from `Field` in that its `GetData`
method returned an `ArrayHandleVirtualCoordinates` instead of
a `VariantArrayHandle`. This is probably confusing since
`CoordianteSystem` inherits `Field` and has a pretty dramatic
difference in this behavior.
In preparation to deprecate `ArrayHandleVirtualCoordinates`, this
changes `CoordiantSystem` to be much more like `Field`. (In the
future, we may change the `CoordinateSystem` to point to a `Field`
rather than be a special `Field`.)
A method named `GetDataAsMultiplexer` has been added to
`CoordinateSystem`. This method allows you to get data from
`CoordinateSystem` as a single array type without worrying
about creating functors to handle different types and without
needing virtual methods.
The buffer class encapsulates the movement of raw C arrays between
host and devices.
The `Buffer` class itself is not associated with any device. Instead,
`Buffer` is used in conjunction with a new templated class named
`DeviceAdapterMemoryManager` that can allocate data on a given
device and transfer data as necessary. `DeviceAdapterMemoryManager`
will eventually replace the more complicated device adapter classes
that manage data on a device.
The code in `DeviceAdapterMemoryManager` is actually enclosed in
virtual methods. This allows us to limit the number of classes that
need to be compiled for a device. Rather, the implementation of
`DeviceAdapterMemoryManager` is compiled once with whatever compiler
is necessary, and then the `RuntimeDeviceInformation` is used to
get the correct object instance.
ef49a71aa Merge branch 'philox' of gitlab.kitware.com:ollielo/vtk-m into philox
563642400 remove outdated comments on type-punning
be7c18544 tried to supress warning about type punning
c795f74b2 Merge branch 'master' into philox
2b43fcb25 change function signature for work with MSVC
13e7ac362 Merge branch 'philox' of gitlab.kitware.com:ollielo/vtk-m into philox
1e2fd540d add Doxygen documentation
f2ea17917 add Doxygen documentation
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Merge-request: !1990
The `ArrayHandleStreaming` class stems from an old research project
experimenting with bringing data from an `ArrayHandle` in parts and
overlapping device transfer and execution. It works, but only in very
limited contexts. Thus, it is not actually used today. Plus, the feature
requires global indexing to be permutated throughout the worklet
dispatching classes of VTK-m for no further reason.
Because it is not really used, there are other more promising approaches
on the horizon, and it makes further scheduling improvements difficult,
we are removing this functionality.
Previously, the PolicyDefault used to compile all the filters was hard-
coded. The problem was that if any external project that depends on VTK-
m needs a different policy, it had to recompile everything in its own
translation units with a custom policy.
This change allows an external project provide a simple header file that
changes the type lists used in the default policy. That allows VTK-m to
compile the filters exactly as specified by the external project.
With the new thread safety/token code, the vtkm_cont library now relies
on the pthreads library (or whatever threads library is used by std on
the system). Make sure this library gets added to vtkm_cont.
The `MultiBlock` class has been renamed to `PartitionedDataSet`, and its API
has been refactored to refer to "partitions", rather than "blocks".
Additionally, the `AddBlocks` method has been changed to `AppendPartitions` to
more accurately reflect the operation performed. The associated
`AssignerMultiBlock` class has also been renamed to
`AssignerPartitionedDataSet`.
This change is motivated towards unifying VTK-m's data model with VTK. VTK has
started to move away from `vtkMultiBlockDataSet`, which is a hierarchical tree
of nested datasets, to `vtkPartitionedDataSet`, which is always a flat vector
of datasets used to assist geometry distribution in multi-process environments.
This simplifies traversal during processing and clarifies the intent of the
container: The component datasets are partitions for distribution, not
organizational groupings (e.g. materials).
Ref #405
The Invoker is a control side object that handles the construction
of the relevant worklet dispatcher. Moving it to control makes it
obvious that it isn't an algorithm itself but a way to launch
worklets.
We want the option name to be clear that it might be applicable for
more than just CUDA. If VTK-m ever supported something like SYCL
it would not be clear that those sources should go in `WRAP_FOR_CUDA`.
how did any of this work?
match other CellSet file layouts.
???
compile in CUDA.
unit tests.
also only serial.
make error message accurate
Well, this compiles and works now.
Did it ever?
use CellShapeTagGeneric
UnitTest matches previous changes.
whoops
Fix linking problems.
Need the same interface
as other ThreadIndices.
add filter test
okay, let's try duplicating CellSetStructure.
okay
inching...
change to wedge in CellSetListTag
Means changing these to support it.
switch back to wedge from generic
compiles and runs
remove ExtrudedType
need vtkm_worklet
vtkm_worklet needs to be included
fix segment count for wedge specialization
need to actually save the index
for the other constructor.
specialize on Explicit
clean up warning
angled brackets not quotes.
formatting
