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[PyTorch] Fix cuBLAS workspace leak in applications that initialize+destroy Userbuffers more than once
Description
In cases where initialize_ub()+destroy_ub() pairs are called more than once (e.g. in-process restarts), the cuBLAS workspace allocation is mishandled and grows exponentially. This PR safeguards the workspace expansion in initialize_ub() to avoid this leak.
Type of change
- [ ] Documentation change (change only to the documentation, either a fix or a new content)
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
- [ ] Infra/Build change
- [ ] Code refactoring
Checklist:
- [x] I have read and followed the contributing guidelines
- [x] The functionality is complete
- [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
- [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
/te-ci pytorch L0 L1
Confirmed offline that this fixes the issue of GPU memory not being reclaimed after user buffer cleanup (destroy_ub).
Pipeline 27525544