Merge pull request #2036 from devitocodes/hotfix-parlang-shm

compiler: Turn data allocations of aliases into a no-op
devitocodes · Nov 25, 2022 · 4cc9165 · 4cc9165
2 parents 5614832 + b0d83fa
commit 4cc9165
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diff --git a/devito/types/dense.py b/devito/types/dense.py
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ def _allocate_memory(func):
         def wrapper(self):
             if self._data is None:
                 if self._alias:
-                    raise TypeError("Aliasing Functions cannot allocate data")
+                    # Aliasing Functions must not allocate data
+                    return
 
                 debug("Allocating host memory for %s%s [%s]"
                       % (self.name, self.shape_allocated, humanbytes(self.nbytes)))