OpenCL™规范 5.6. 共享虚拟内存

5.6. Shared Virtual Memory

5.6. 共享虚拟内存

Shared virtual memory is missing before version 2.0. ​ 2.0版本之前缺少共享虚拟内存。

Shared virtual memory (a.k.a. SVM) allows the host and kernels executing on devices to directly share complex, pointer-containing data structures such as trees and linked lists. It also eliminates the need to marshal data between the host and devices. As a result, SVM substantially simplifies OpenCL programming and may improve performance.

共享虚拟内存（又称SVM）允许主机和在设备上执行的内核直接共享复杂的、包含指针的数据结构，如树和链表。它还消除了在主机和设备之间封送数据的需要。因此，SVM大大简化了OpenCL编程，并可以提高性能。