perf: eliminate double compression and improve shuffle filter throughput

Four independent write-path improvements:

1. Cache compressed chunks between Pass 1 and Pass 2 (chunked_write.rs,
   file_writer.rs): the two-pass layout writer previously called
   build_chunked_data_at_ext() twice per chunked dataset — once in Pass 1
   to get blob sizes and once in Pass 2 with real addresses. Add
   PrecompressedChunks / precompress_chunks() / build_chunked_data_from_
   precompressed() to compress once in Pass 1, cache the result, and only
   rebuild the address-dependent index structures in Pass 2. Expected
   ~2× speedup for chunked+deflate writes (512×512 deflate: 3.33ms → ~1.7ms).

2. SIMD-vectorisable shuffle filter (filters.rs): replace the naïve O(N·S)
   nested loop with an unrolled u32-load path for 4-byte elements (f32) and
   a cache-blocked tile loop for all other sizes. LLVM auto-vectorises the
   4-byte path into SSE2/AVX2/NEON byte-deinterleave sequences.

3. Zstd benchmark variant (h5bench_write.rs): add write_2d_chunked_zstd
   group measuring Zstd level 3 vs deflate level 6 side-by-side. Also fix
   the existing write_2d_chunked benchmark — the clawhdf5 path was missing
   .with_deflate(6), making the comparison apples-to-oranges. Add arXiv-
   backed doc recommendation on DatasetBuilder::with_zstd().

4. Zero-copy HNSW save (hnsw.rs, clawhdf5-io/lib.rs): add
   FileWriter::write_bytes_owned(Vec<u8>) that takes ownership to avoid the
   full-file clone in write_all_bytes(&[u8]). HNSW::save_to_hdf5 uses it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
Omar Sobh
2026-06-30 22:36:40 +00:00
co-authored by Claude Sonnet 4.6
parent 3a1fcc5cb3
commit 2ddb22897c
7 changed files with 351 additions and 133 deletions
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@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
use alloc::{string::String, string::ToString, vec, vec::Vec};
use crate::attribute::AttributeMessage;
use crate::chunked_write::{ChunkOptions, build_chunked_data_at_ext};
use crate::chunked_write::{
ChunkOptions, PrecompressedChunks, build_chunked_data_from_precompressed, precompress_chunks,
};
use crate::data_layout::VdsMapping;
use crate::dataspace::{Dataspace, DataspaceType};
use crate::error::FormatError;
@@ -1157,6 +1159,9 @@ impl FileWriter {
struct DataBlob {
data: Vec<u8>,
oh_bytes: Vec<u8>,
/// Cached compressed chunks for chunked datasets; reused in Pass 2
/// to avoid re-compressing the same data.
precompressed: Option<PrecompressedChunks>,
}
let mut dummy_blobs: Vec<DataBlob> = Vec::new();
@@ -1185,19 +1190,22 @@ impl FileWriter {
dummy_blobs.push(DataBlob {
data: gcol_bytes, // store heap blob here temporarily
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: None,
});
} else if is_chunked[i] {
let chunk_dims = d.chunk_options.resolve_chunk_dims(&d.ds.dimensions);
let elem_size = d.dt.type_size() as usize;
let result = build_chunked_data_at_ext(
// Compress once in Pass 1; cache the result so Pass 2 can skip
// re-compression and just rebuild the index with real addresses.
let pre = precompress_chunks(
&d.raw,
&d.ds.dimensions,
&chunk_dims,
elem_size,
&d.chunk_options,
dummy_cursor,
d.maxshape.as_deref(),
)?;
let result =
build_chunked_data_from_precompressed(&pre, dummy_cursor, d.maxshape.as_deref());
dummy_cursor += result.data_bytes.len() as u64;
let dense_blob = if ds_dense[i] {
Some(build_dense_attrs(&d.attrs, 0))
@@ -1216,6 +1224,7 @@ impl FileWriter {
dummy_blobs.push(DataBlob {
data: result.data_bytes,
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: Some(pre),
});
} else if is_compact[i] {
let dense_blob = if ds_dense[i] {
@@ -1234,6 +1243,7 @@ impl FileWriter {
dummy_blobs.push(DataBlob {
data: vec![],
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: None,
});
} else {
let dense_blob = if ds_dense[i] {
@@ -1253,6 +1263,7 @@ impl FileWriter {
dummy_blobs.push(DataBlob {
data: d.raw.clone(),
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: None,
});
}
}
@@ -1355,20 +1366,17 @@ impl FileWriter {
ds_blobs2.push(DataBlob {
data: gcol_bytes.clone(),
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: None,
});
} else if is_chunked[i] {
let chunk_dims = d.chunk_options.resolve_chunk_dims(&d.ds.dimensions);
let elem_size = d.dt.type_size() as usize;
let base_address = cursor2 as u64;
let result = build_chunked_data_at_ext(
&d.raw,
&d.ds.dimensions,
&chunk_dims,
elem_size,
&d.chunk_options,
// Reuse precompressed chunks from Pass 1 — avoids re-compressing
// the same data a second time.
let result = build_chunked_data_from_precompressed(
dummy_blobs[i].precompressed.as_ref().expect("chunked dataset missing precompressed cache"),
base_address,
d.maxshape.as_deref(),
)?;
);
cursor2 += result.data_bytes.len();
let oh = build_chunked_dataset_oh(
&d.dt,
@@ -1382,6 +1390,7 @@ impl FileWriter {
ds_blobs2.push(DataBlob {
data: result.data_bytes,
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: None,
});
} else if is_compact[i] {
// Compact: data is inline in the object header, no external blob
@@ -1396,6 +1405,7 @@ impl FileWriter {
ds_blobs2.push(DataBlob {
data: vec![],
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: None,
});
} else {
// Determine alignment: per-dataset overrides global
@@ -1420,7 +1430,11 @@ impl FileWriter {
let mut data = vec![0u8; padding];
data.extend_from_slice(&d.raw);
cursor2 += d.raw.len();
ds_blobs2.push(DataBlob { data, oh_bytes: oh });
ds_blobs2.push(DataBlob {
data,
oh_bytes: oh,
precompressed: None,
});
}
}