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How to impl zero-copy when send a message out-of-process to cuda ?

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Two nodes are run at different processes. The ros2 msg memory is on cpu side, and next node(the sub side) want to receive the msg(like camera data), and then accelerate on gpu to infer.

I found, if user want to leverage the benefit of zero-copy in NITROS, all NITROS-accelerated nodes must run in the same process.

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https://nvidia-isaac-ros.github.io/concepts/nitros/index.html

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Start with the linked NITROS documentation and the issue’s same-process versus separate-process setup. Determine whether zero-copy transfer of CPU-side ROS 2 message data into a GPU-accelerated subscriber is supported across processes and what constraints apply. Done would require a documented, actionable approach or a clearly scoped implementation plan.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
distributed-systems, robotics
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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