Do we have to free memory allocated through cudaMemcpyToSymbol? If so, how do we do so? The programming guide says cudaGetSymbolSize is used to get size of allocated memory, so memory is allocated for sure.
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Do we have to free memory allocated through cudaMemcpyToSymbol? If so, how do we do so? The programming guide says cudaGetSymbolSize is used to get size of allocated memory, so memory is allocated for sure.
cudaMemcpyToSymboldoes not allocate memory, it simply copies to a statically declared global or constant memory symbol in the current context. AndcudaGetSymbolSizereturns the size of any statically declared symbols. There is no dynamic memory allocation involved in either operation.