curand.cpp

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// I MAKE NO CLAIMS TO THIS FILE, IT IS THE PROPERTY OF NVIDIA.  Comes from:   //
// https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/curand/host-api-overview.html#host-api-example //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


/*
 * This program uses the host CURAND API to generate 100
 * pseudorandom floats.
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <curand.h>

#define CUDA_CALL(x) do { if((x)!=cudaSuccess) { \
    printf("Error at %s:%d\n",__FILE__,__LINE__);\
    return EXIT_FAILURE;}} while(0)
#define CURAND_CALL(x) do { if((x)!=CURAND_STATUS_SUCCESS) { \
    printf("Error at %s:%d\n",__FILE__,__LINE__);\
    return EXIT_FAILURE;}} while(0)

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    size_t n = 100;
    size_t i;
    curandGenerator_t gen;
    float *devData, *hostData;

    /* Allocate n floats on host */
    hostData = (float *)calloc(n, sizeof(float));

    /* Allocate n floats on device */
    CUDA_CALL(cudaMalloc((void **)&devData, n*sizeof(float)));

    /* Create pseudo-random number generator */
    CURAND_CALL(curandCreateGenerator(&gen,
                CURAND_RNG_PSEUDO_DEFAULT));

    /* Set seed */
    CURAND_CALL(curandSetPseudoRandomGeneratorSeed(gen,
                1234ULL));

    /* Generate n floats on device */
    CURAND_CALL(curandGenerateUniform(gen, devData, n));

    /* Copy device memory to host */
    CUDA_CALL(cudaMemcpy(hostData, devData, n * sizeof(float),
        cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost));

    /* Show result */
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        printf("%1.4f ", hostData[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");

    /* Cleanup */
    CURAND_CALL(curandDestroyGenerator(gen));
    CUDA_CALL(cudaFree(devData));
    free(hostData);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}