⚡️ Speed up function _gridmake2_torch by 28%#1062
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The optimized code achieves a **27% speedup** by eliminating expensive intermediate tensor allocations that were core to the original implementation. ## Key Optimizations **1. Pre-allocation Instead of Concatenation** - **Original**: Created separate tensors via `tile()` and `repeat_interleave()`, then combined with `column_stack()` (3 allocations) - **Optimized**: Pre-allocates the final output tensor once with `torch.empty()`, then fills it in-place using views - **Impact**: Line profiler shows the original's `column_stack` took 20.4% (1D case) and 13.8% (2D case) of total time—completely eliminated **2. View-Based Assignment with Expand** - **Original**: `x1.tile(n2)` physically copies x1's data n2 times; `x2.repeat_interleave(n1)` physically replicates x2's elements - **Optimized**: Uses `unsqueeze().expand()` which creates lightweight views (no data copy), then assigns through a reshaped view of the output buffer - **Why it's faster**: `expand()` creates a view with modified strides—no memory copies until the final assignment, which writes directly to the pre-allocated output **3. Conditional Type Casting** - Only converts dtypes when necessary (`x1c = x1 if x1.dtype == out_dtype else x1.to(out_dtype)`), avoiding redundant conversions when types already match ## Performance Analysis from Tests The optimization particularly excels for **larger inputs**: - `test_large_scale_shapes_and_content_consistency` (300×200): **38.6% faster** (81.2μs → 58.6μs) - `test_large_scale_2d_x1_and_x2_1d_appending_behavior` (100×5×50): **48.9% faster** (28.9μs → 19.4μs) For small inputs, the overhead of the additional setup (dtype promotion, device checks) slightly reduces gains or causes minor regressions in trivial cases (e.g., empty tensors: 25.6% slower). However, the overall benchmark shows a net 27% improvement across the mixed workload. ## Behavior Preservation The optimization maintains identical semantics: - Same dtype promotion via `torch.promote_types()` - Same exception raising for unsupported cases - Identical output shapes and values (view-based filling produces the same cartesian product) - No change to function signature or external behavior
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📄 28% (0.28x) speedup for
_gridmake2_torchincode_to_optimize/discrete_riccati.py⏱️ Runtime :
987 microseconds→774 microseconds(best of72runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 27% speedup by eliminating expensive intermediate tensor allocations that were core to the original implementation.
Key Optimizations
1. Pre-allocation Instead of Concatenation
tile()andrepeat_interleave(), then combined withcolumn_stack()(3 allocations)torch.empty(), then fills it in-place using viewscolumn_stacktook 20.4% (1D case) and 13.8% (2D case) of total time—completely eliminated2. View-Based Assignment with Expand
x1.tile(n2)physically copies x1's data n2 times;x2.repeat_interleave(n1)physically replicates x2's elementsunsqueeze().expand()which creates lightweight views (no data copy), then assigns through a reshaped view of the output bufferexpand()creates a view with modified strides—no memory copies until the final assignment, which writes directly to the pre-allocated output3. Conditional Type Casting
x1c = x1 if x1.dtype == out_dtype else x1.to(out_dtype)), avoiding redundant conversions when types already matchPerformance Analysis from Tests
The optimization particularly excels for larger inputs:
test_large_scale_shapes_and_content_consistency(300×200): 38.6% faster (81.2μs → 58.6μs)test_large_scale_2d_x1_and_x2_1d_appending_behavior(100×5×50): 48.9% faster (28.9μs → 19.4μs)For small inputs, the overhead of the additional setup (dtype promotion, device checks) slightly reduces gains or causes minor regressions in trivial cases (e.g., empty tensors: 25.6% slower). However, the overall benchmark shows a net 27% improvement across the mixed workload.
Behavior Preservation
The optimization maintains identical semantics:
torch.promote_types()✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Click to see Existing Unit Tests
test_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_2d_and_1d_simpletest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_2d_and_1d_single_columntest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_both_1d_float_tensorstest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_both_1d_simpletest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_both_1d_single_elementtest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_large_tensorstest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_not_implemented_for_1d_2dtest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_not_implemented_for_2d_2dtest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_output_shape_1d_1dtest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_output_shape_2d_1dtest_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_preserves_dtype_float64test_gridmake2_torch.py::TestGridmake2TorchCPU.test_preserves_dtype_int🌀 Click to see Generated Regression Tests
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