Set managed pool release threshold to maximum - #2512
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WalkthroughThe managed memory resource now sets the default managed pool release threshold to ChangesManaged pool threshold policy
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change makes CUDA's default managed pool retain allocations up to its high-water mark, which can reduce memory available to other allocations, while the regression coverage does not yet safely cover both initial threshold states and restoration of the shared setting. These are bounded but concrete merge-readiness issues that should receive owner attention before merge. Suggested labels: Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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In `@cpp/include/rmm/mr/cuda_async_managed_memory_resource.hpp`:
- Around line 53-56: Update the constructor documentation for the default
managed memory pool to state that setting the global release threshold to the
maximum retains physical memory, making it unavailable for immediate use by
other device allocations.
In `@cpp/tests/mr/cuda_async_managed_mr_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 42-48: Update TearDown to restore the managed pool release
threshold using RMM_CUDA_TRY around cudaMemPoolSetAttribute instead of
EXPECT_EQ, so restoration failure stops execution rather than allowing
subsequent tests to run with altered state.
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| * The default managed memory pool is the pool that is created when the device is created. If its | ||
| * release threshold is zero, it is set to `std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max()`. An | ||
| * existing nonzero release threshold is preserved. This change is visible to all users of the | ||
| * device's default managed pool and retains unused backing memory across synchronizations. |
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CUDA Runtime API cudaMemPoolAttrReleaseThreshold retained memory available to other allocations managed memory pool
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The cudaMemPoolAttrReleaseThreshold attribute determines the amount of reserved memory (in bytes) that a CUDA memory pool will retain before it attempts to release excess physical memory back to the operating system [1][2]. Key behaviors and details regarding this attribute include: 1. Threshold Trigger: When the amount of memory held by the pool exceeds this threshold, the allocator will attempt to release the excess memory back to the OS during the next call to a synchronization function, such as cudaStreamSynchronize, cudaEventSynchronize, or cudaDeviceSynchronize [1][2]. 2. Purpose: By default, the CUDA allocator tries to minimize the physical memory owned by a pool to keep the footprint small [2]. The release threshold allows applications to configure a specific memory footprint, reducing the overhead of frequent OS-level allocation and deallocation calls [2]. 3. Interaction with Other Allocations: Setting a high release threshold effectively prevents the pool from shrinking after every synchronization [2]. While this can improve performance by keeping memory reserved for the pool, it also means that this retained memory is not immediately returned to the system and thus is generally not available to other allocations or processes outside of that specific memory pool [2][3]. 4. Limitations: The attribute does not act as a hard limit on the pool's maximum size; it only controls the release policy [3]. Additionally, the release threshold is effectively ignored for IPC (Inter-Process Communication) pools, which do not support releasing physical blocks back to the OS [2]. If you wish to force the release of memory regardless of the threshold, you can use the cudaMemPoolTrimTo API [2][4].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-runtime-api/group__CUDART__MEMORY__POOLS.html
- 2: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-programming-guide/04-special-topics/stream-ordered-memory-allocation.html
- 3: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/how-to-restrict-cuda-memory-pool-to-a-fixed-size/333340
- 4: https://intro-to-cuda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial/mempool.html
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impl = Path("cpp/src/mr/detail/cuda_async_managed_memory_resource_impl.cpp").read_text()
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Document the device-memory impact of the global threshold.
Retained physical memory is not immediately available to other device allocations. Add this consequence to the constructor documentation.
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In `@cpp/include/rmm/mr/cuda_async_managed_memory_resource.hpp` around lines 53 -
56, Update the constructor documentation for the default managed memory pool to
state that setting the global release threshold to the maximum retains physical
memory, making it unavailable for immediate use by other device allocations.
| void TearDown() override | ||
| { | ||
| if (managed_pool_ != nullptr) { | ||
| EXPECT_EQ(cudaSuccess, | ||
| cudaMemPoolSetAttribute( | ||
| managed_pool_, cudaMemPoolAttrReleaseThreshold, &original_release_threshold_)); | ||
| } |
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Use RMM_CUDA_TRY for threshold restoration.
EXPECT_EQ records the failure and continues. A failed restoration can leave the device-global threshold changed for later tests. Replace it with RMM_CUDA_TRY(cudaMemPoolSetAttribute(...)).
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In `@cpp/tests/mr/cuda_async_managed_mr_tests.cpp` around lines 42 - 48, Update
TearDown to restore the managed pool release threshold using RMM_CUDA_TRY around
cudaMemPoolSetAttribute instead of EXPECT_EQ, so restoration failure stops
execution rather than allowing subsequent tests to run with altered state.
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In `@cpp/tests/mr/cuda_async_managed_mr_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 34-41: Update AsyncManagedMRTest to cover both initial
release-threshold states: set the shared managed pool threshold to zero and to a
nonzero sentinel before constructing cuda_async_managed_mr, asserting UINT64_MAX
after each construction. Preserve the original pool threshold and restore it in
TearDown().
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| TEST_F(AsyncManagedMRTest, DefaultReleaseThresholdIsUint64Max) | ||
| { | ||
| cuda_async_managed_mr mr{}; | ||
| std::uint64_t threshold{}; | ||
| RMM_CUDA_TRY( | ||
| cudaMemPoolGetAttribute(mr.pool_handle(), cudaMemPoolAttrReleaseThreshold, &threshold)); | ||
| EXPECT_EQ(threshold, std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max()); | ||
| } |
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Cover both initial release-threshold states.
The default managed pool is shared, and this constructor always sets cudaMemPoolAttrReleaseThreshold to UINT64_MAX. Set the threshold to zero before construction and assert UINT64_MAX. Set a nonzero sentinel before construction and also assert UINT64_MAX. Restore the original threshold in TearDown().
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In `@cpp/tests/mr/cuda_async_managed_mr_tests.cpp` around lines 34 - 41, Update
AsyncManagedMRTest to cover both initial release-threshold states: set the
shared managed pool threshold to zero and to a nonzero sentinel before
constructing cuda_async_managed_mr, asserting UINT64_MAX after each
construction. Preserve the original pool threshold and restore it in TearDown().
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Thank you @bdice for solving this. When I did a managed memory spike in Feb 2026 this performance issue with the managed async MR ended up blocking me and forcing me over to the managed pool MR. |
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Description
Set CUDA's default managed-pool release threshold to
UINT64_MAXwhencuda_async_managed_memory_resourceis constructed. This matches the default policy ofcuda_async_memory_resourceand retains managed-pool backing across synchronization points, avoiding the repeated allocation, mapping, and prefetch stalls measured in the linked issue.Document the device-global memory-retention effect and add regression coverage for the maximum threshold.
Closes #2510.