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+/*
+ Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/* HIT_START
+ * BUILD: %t %s ../../src/test_common.cpp EXCLUDE_HIP_PLATFORM nvcc
+ * TEST: %t
+ * HIT_END
+ */
+
+#include "test_common.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <chrono>
+
+#define NUM_SIZE 8
+#define NUM_ITER 0x40000
+
+
+using namespace std;
+
+class hipPerfMemcpy {
+  private:
+    unsigned int numBuffers_;
+    size_t totalSizes_[NUM_SIZE];
+    void setHostBuffer(int *A, int val, size_t size);
+  public:
+    hipPerfMemcpy();
+    ~hipPerfMemcpy() {};
+    void open(int deviceID);
+    void run(unsigned int testNumber);
+};
+
+hipPerfMemcpy::hipPerfMemcpy() : numBuffers_(0) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SIZE; i++) {
+    totalSizes_[i] = 1 << (i + 6);
+  }
+};
+
+void hipPerfMemcpy::setHostBuffer(int *A, int val, size_t size) {
+  size_t len = size / sizeof(int);
+  for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    A[i] = val;
+  }
+}
+
+void hipPerfMemcpy::open(int deviceId) {
+  int nGpu = 0;
+  HIPCHECK(hipGetDeviceCount(&nGpu));
+  if (nGpu < 1) {
+    std::cout << "info: didn't find any GPU! skipping the test!\n";
+    passed();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  HIPCHECK(hipSetDevice(deviceId));
+  hipDeviceProp_t props = {0};
+  HIPCHECK(hipGetDeviceProperties(&props, deviceId));
+  std::cout << "info: running on bus " << "0x" << props.pciBusID << " " << props.name
+    << " with " << props.multiProcessorCount << " CUs" << " and device id: " << deviceId  << std::endl;
+}
+
+void hipPerfMemcpy::run(unsigned int testNumber) {
+  int *A, *Ad;
+  A = new int[totalSizes_[testNumber]];
+  setHostBuffer(A, 1, totalSizes_[testNumber]);
+  hipMalloc(&Ad, totalSizes_[testNumber]);
+
+  auto start = chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+  for (int j = 0; j < NUM_ITER; j++) {
+    hipMemcpy(Ad, A, totalSizes_[testNumber], hipMemcpyHostToDevice);
+  }
+
+  hipDeviceSynchronize();
+
+  auto end = chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  chrono::duration<double, micro> diff = end - start;
+
+  cout << "hipPerfMemcpy[" << testNumber << "] " << "Host to Device copy took "
+      << diff.count() / NUM_ITER << " us for memory size of " << totalSizes_[testNumber]
+      << " Bytes" << endl;
+
+  delete [] A;
+  HIPCHECK(hipFree(Ad));
+
+}
+
+
+int main() {
+  hipPerfMemcpy hipPerfMemcpy;
+
+  int deviceId = 0;
+  hipPerfMemcpy.open(deviceId);
+
+  for (auto testCase = 0; testCase < NUM_SIZE; testCase++) {
+    hipPerfMemcpy.run(testCase);
+  }
+
+  passed();
+
+}