Add managed-memory advise, prefetch, and discard-prefetch free functions

cuda_core/cuda/core/__init__.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 finally:
     del bindings, importlib, subdir, cuda_major, cuda_minor
 
-from cuda.core import system, utils
+from cuda.core import managed_memory, system, utils
 from cuda.core._device import Device
 from cuda.core._event import Event, EventOptions
 from cuda.core._graph import (

cuda_core/cuda/core/_memory/_buffer.pxd

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from libc.stdint cimport uintptr_t
 
+from cuda.bindings cimport cydriver
 from cuda.core._resource_handles cimport DevicePtrHandle
 from cuda.core._stream cimport Stream
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ cdef struct _MemAttrs:
     int device_id
     bint is_device_accessible
     bint is_host_accessible
+    bint is_managed
 
 
 cdef class Buffer:
@@ -37,3 +39,10 @@ cdef Buffer Buffer_from_deviceptr_handle(
     MemoryResource mr,
     object ipc_descriptor = *
 )
+
+# Memory attribute query helpers (used by _managed_memory_ops)
+cdef void _init_mem_attrs(Buffer self)
+cdef int _query_memory_attrs(
+    _MemAttrs& out,
+    cydriver.CUdeviceptr ptr,
+) except -1 nogil

cuda_core/cuda/core/_memory/_buffer.pyx

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ A type union of :obj:`~driver.CUdeviceptr`, `int` and `None` for hinting
 :attr:`Buffer.handle`.
 """
 
+
 cdef class Buffer:
     """Represent a handle to allocated memory.
 
@@ -420,14 +421,14 @@ cdef class Buffer:
 
 # Memory Attribute Query Helpers
 # ------------------------------
-cdef inline void _init_mem_attrs(Buffer self):
+cdef void _init_mem_attrs(Buffer self):
     """Initialize memory attributes by querying the pointer."""
     if not self._mem_attrs_inited:
         _query_memory_attrs(self._mem_attrs, as_cu(self._h_ptr))
         self._mem_attrs_inited = True
 
 
-cdef inline int _query_memory_attrs(
+cdef int _query_memory_attrs(
     _MemAttrs& out,
     cydriver.CUdeviceptr ptr
 ) except -1 nogil:
@@ -459,6 +460,7 @@ cdef inline int _query_memory_attrs(
         out.is_host_accessible = True
         out.is_device_accessible = False
         out.device_id = -1
+        out.is_managed = False
     elif (
         is_managed
         or memory_type == cydriver.CUmemorytype.CU_MEMORYTYPE_HOST
@@ -467,10 +469,12 @@ cdef inline int _query_memory_attrs(
         out.is_host_accessible = True
         out.is_device_accessible = True
         out.device_id = device_id
+        out.is_managed = is_managed != 0
     elif memory_type == cydriver.CUmemorytype.CU_MEMORYTYPE_DEVICE:
         out.is_host_accessible = False
         out.is_device_accessible = True
         out.device_id = device_id
+        out.is_managed = False
     else:
         with cython.gil:
             raise ValueError(f"Unsupported memory type: {memory_type}")

cuda_core/cuda/core/_memory/_managed_memory_ops.pxd

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Managed-memory operation helpers (advise, prefetch, discard_prefetch).
+# The public API is exposed via def functions; no cdef declarations needed.