2 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Andrew V. Adinetz
d5992dd881 Replaced std::vector-based interfaces with HostDeviceVector-based interfaces. (#3116)
* Replaced std::vector-based interfaces with HostDeviceVector-based interfaces.

- replacement was performed in the learner, boosters, predictors,
  updaters, and objective functions
- only interfaces used in training were replaced;
  interfaces like PredictInstance() still use std::vector
- refactoring necessary for replacement of interfaces was also performed,
  such as using HostDeviceVector in prediction cache

* HostDeviceVector-based interfaces for custom objective function example plugin.
2018-02-28 13:00:04 +13:00
Thejaswi
84ab74f3a5 Objective function evaluation on GPU with minimal PCIe transfers (#2935)
* Added GPU objective function and no-copy interface.

- xgboost::HostDeviceVector<T> syncs automatically between host and device
- no-copy interfaces have been added
- default implementations just sync the data to host
  and call the implementations with std::vector
- GPU objective function, predictor, histogram updater process data
  directly on GPU
2018-01-12 21:33:39 +13:00