curand_demo.cpp

/* This program uses the host CURAND API to generate 100
 * pseudorandom floats.
 *
 * Code taken verbatim from CURAND library documentation.
 */
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <curand.h>
#include <chrono>
#include <thread>
#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 = 1;
  size_t i;
  curandGenerator_t gen;
  std::cout << "Create the curand generator" << std::endl;
  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(20));
  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));
  /* 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;
}

To compile:

/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc demo_curand.cpp -lcurand -std=c++11