[ARROW-3624] [Python/C++] Support for zero-sized device buffers

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: C++, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/19934
• Assignee: Pearu Peterson
• Reporter: Pearu Peterson
• Created: 26/Oct/18 12:20
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:28
• Resolved: 31/Oct/18 13:36

Description

CUDA cuMemAlloc raises an error when trying to allocate device memory with zero-size.
On the other, using zero sized buffers or arrays is important for generic programming.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2844