[ARROW-4486] [Python][CUDA] pyarrow.cuda.Context.foreign_buffer should have a `base=None` argument

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/3850
• Assignee: Pearu Peterson
• Reporter: Pearu Peterson
• Created: 05/Feb/19 18:49
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:34
• Resolved: 14/Mar/19 14:47

Description

Similar to `pyarrow.foreign_buffer`, we need to keep the owner of cuda memory alive.

Issue Links

• is part of: ARROW-1055 [C++] GPU support library development
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3850