test-perf It seems Field does not always like the check for assigning empty managed arrays

Author: ldowen

src/Field/FieldInline.hh

@@ -1370,8 +1370,7 @@ inline
 void
 Field<Dimension, DataType>::
 assignDataSpan() {
-  GPUUtils::initMAView(mDataSpan, mDataArray);
-  DEBUG_LOG << "Field::assignDataSpan : " << this->name() << " " << mDataArray.data() << " : " << mDataSpan.data() << " : " << static_cast<ViewType*>(this);
+  GPUUtils::initMAView(mDataSpan, mDataArray, false);
 #if !defined(SPHERAL_UNIFIED_MEMORY) && !defined(CHAI_DISABLE_RM)
   mDataSpan.setUserCallback(this->getCallback());
 #endif

src/Utilities/GPUUtils.hh

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ void deviceSync();
 
 template<typename SpanType, typename ContainerType>
 void
-initMAView(SpanType& a_ma, ContainerType& a_dc) {
-  if (a_dc.size() == 0u) {
+initMAView(SpanType& a_ma, ContainerType& a_dc, bool check_empty = true) {
+  if (a_dc.size() == 0u && check_empty) {
     a_ma.free();
   } else if ((a_dc.data() != a_ma.data(chai::CPU, false) ||
               a_dc.size() != a_ma.size())) {