bench: concurrent-read harness against h5py threads and processes

concurrent_read reads one shared File from 1-16 threads: every dataset
in full (distinct datasets per thread) and random hyperslabs of one
dataset, over a deflate and a contiguous file it generates (or reuses
while manifest.json matches). It reports decoded MB/s and scaling
efficiency, warm or --cold (posix_fadvise) page cache, sizes the decode
pool with --decode-threads, and writes JSON.

scripts/concurrent_read_h5py.py runs the same workload on the same files
with h5py threads or spawned processes (same splitmix64 data and slab
stream, checked at spot elements), and compare_concurrent_read.py prints
one table and refuses runs with different workloads. A smoke test runs
all three end to end on tiny files (h5py half honours CLAWHDF5_PYTHON /
CLAWHDF5_REQUIRE_INTEROP).

BENCHMARKS.md gets a "Concurrent reads" section with the commands, marked
not yet measured.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Tabulate concurrent_read JSON results (clawhdf5, h5py threads/processes).
python compare_concurrent_read.py clawhdf5.json h5py-threads.json h5py-procs.json
Prints one Markdown table: for each layout, mode and thread count, every
tool's MB/s and scaling efficiency, and the first file's MB/s relative to each
of the others. Refuses to compare runs whose workload parameters differ.
"""
import json
import sys
COMPARED = ("datasets", "rows", "cols", "chunk", "deflate_level", "slab", "slabs", "seed")
def main(paths):
if len(paths) < 2:
sys.exit(__doc__)
docs = []
for p in paths:
with open(p) as fh:
docs.append(json.load(fh))
ref = docs[0]
for d, p in zip(docs[1:], paths[1:]):
diff = [k for k in COMPARED if d["params"].get(k) != ref["params"].get(k)]
if diff:
sys.exit(f"{p}: workload differs from {paths[0]} in {', '.join(diff)}")
if d["cache"] != ref["cache"]:
print(f"warning: {p} ran {d['cache']!r}, {paths[0]} ran {ref['cache']!r}",
file=sys.stderr)
if d.get("host") != ref.get("host"):
print(f"warning: {p} ran on {d.get('host')}, {paths[0]} on {ref.get('host')}",
file=sys.stderr)
names = [d["tool"] for d in docs]
for d in docs:
extra = f", HDF5 {d['hdf5_version']}" if "hdf5_version" in d else ""
print(f"- {d['tool']} {d['version']}{extra}: host {d.get('host')}, "
f"{d.get('cpus')} CPUs, cache {d['cache']}, decode threads per read "
f"{d.get('decode_threads')}")
p = ref["params"]
print(f"\n{p['datasets']} datasets of {p['rows']} x {p['cols']} f32, chunks "
f"{p['chunk'][0]} x {p['chunk'][1]} (deflate {p['deflate_level']}); "
f"`same`: {p['slabs']} slabs of {p['slab']} x {p['slab']}\n")
index = [{(r["layout"], r["mode"], r["threads"]): r for r in d["results"]} for d in docs]
keys = [(r["layout"], r["mode"], r["threads"]) for r in ref["results"]]
head = ["layout", "mode", "threads"]
head += [f"{n} MB/s (eff)" for n in names]
head += [f"{names[0]} / {n}" for n in names[1:]]
print("| " + " | ".join(head) + " |")
print("|---|---|" + "---:|" * (len(head) - 2))
for key in keys:
cells = [key[0], key[1], str(key[2])]
rs = [ix.get(key) for ix in index]
for r in rs:
if r is None:
cells.append("-")
else:
eff = "-" if r["efficiency"] is None else f"{r['efficiency']:.2f}"
cells.append(f"{r['mb_s']:.0f} ({eff})")
for r in rs[1:]:
cells.append("-" if r is None else f"{rs[0]['mb_s'] / r['mb_s']:.2f}x")
print("| " + " | ".join(cells) + " |")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(sys.argv[1:])
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""The concurrent_read workload with h5py, on the files concurrent_read wrote.
libhdf5 serialises every API call under one global lock, and h5py holds its
own global lock around every call as well, so h5py *threads* cannot decode in
parallel. h5py users scale with *processes* instead; ``--executor processes``
measures that (each worker opens the file itself).
The workload mirrors ``crates/clawhdf5-bench/src/bin/concurrent_read.rs``:
* ``distinct``: every dataset read in full once per repetition; worker ``t``
of ``T`` reads datasets ``t, t + T, ...``.
* ``same``: ``--slabs`` random ``--slab`` x ``--slab`` hyperslabs of ``d00``
(slab ``j`` to worker ``j % T``), offsets from the same splitmix64 stream.
Each worker times itself from a start barrier; a repetition spans the earliest
start to the latest finish (CLOCK_MONOTONIC, comparable across processes).
Threads share one ``h5py.File`` per repetition; process workers open the file
inside the timed region (a few ms against reads of many MiB).
Generate the files first with the Rust harness (it writes ``manifest.json``),
then, for example::
python concurrent_read_h5py.py --dir DIR --executor threads --json h5py-threads.json
python concurrent_read_h5py.py --dir DIR --executor processes --json h5py-procs.json
"""
import argparse
import json
import multiprocessing as mp
import os
import platform
import socket
import sys
import threading
import time
import h5py
import numpy as np
M64 = (1 << 64) - 1
def splitmix64(state):
"""Return (new_state, value); the same stream as the Rust harness."""
state = (state + 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15) & M64
z = state
z = ((z ^ (z >> 30)) * 0xBF58476D1CE4E5B9) & M64
z = ((z ^ (z >> 27)) * 0x94D049BB133111EB) & M64
return state, z ^ (z >> 31)
def value(k, i):
"""Element i (row-major) of dataset k, exactly as concurrent_read writes it."""
_, noise = splitmix64(i ^ (k << 40))
return np.float32((((i >> 6) % 16384) + k) + (noise & 0xFF) / 256.0)
def slab_offsets(seed, count, rows, cols, slab):
s = seed
out = []
for _ in range(count):
s, r = splitmix64(s)
s, c = splitmix64(s)
out.append((r % (rows - slab + 1), c % (cols - slab + 1)))
return out
def now():
return time.clock_gettime(time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
def work(f, mode, t, threads, m, slabs, slab, verify):
"""Worker t's share of one repetition on an open h5py.File."""
n = m["rows"] * m["cols"]
if mode == "distinct":
for k in range(t, m["datasets"], threads):
got = f[f"d{k:02d}"][...]
assert got.size == n
if verify:
flat = got.reshape(-1)
for i in (0, n // 3, n - 1):
assert flat[i] == value(k, i), f"d{k:02d}[{i}]"
else:
ds = f["d00"]
cols = m["cols"]
for r, c in slabs[t::threads]:
got = ds[r : r + slab, c : c + slab]
assert got.shape == (slab, slab)
if verify:
assert got[0, 0] == value(0, r * cols + c)
last = (r + slab - 1) * cols + c + slab - 1
assert got[-1, -1] == value(0, last)
# ----- process workers ------------------------------------------------------
_barrier = None
def _init(barrier):
global _barrier
_barrier = barrier
def _proc_task(task):
path, mode, t, threads, m, slabs, slab = task
_barrier.wait()
start = now()
with h5py.File(path, "r") as f:
work(f, mode, t, threads, m, slabs, slab, False)
return start, now()
def _noop(_):
return os.getpid()
def run_threads(path, mode, threads, m, slabs, slab):
spans = [None] * threads
barrier = threading.Barrier(threads)
with h5py.File(path, "r") as f:
def body(t):
barrier.wait()
start = now()
work(f, mode, t, threads, m, slabs, slab, False)
spans[t] = (start, now())
ts = [threading.Thread(target=body, args=(t,)) for t in range(threads)]
for th in ts:
th.start()
for th in ts:
th.join()
return max(e for _, e in spans) - min(s for s, _ in spans)
def run_processes(pool, path, mode, threads, m, slabs, slab):
tasks = [(path, mode, t, threads, m, slabs, slab) for t in range(threads)]
# One task per worker: each blocks in the barrier until all T have
# started, so no worker can take a second task.
spans = pool.map(_proc_task, tasks, chunksize=1)
return max(e for _, e in spans) - min(s for s, _ in spans)
def warm(path):
with open(path, "rb") as fh:
while fh.read(1 << 24):
pass
def evict(path):
fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
try:
os.posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, os.POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED)
finally:
os.close(fd)
def main():
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.split("\n\n")[0])
ap.add_argument("--dir", default="concurrent-read-data")
ap.add_argument("--executor", choices=["threads", "processes"], default="threads")
ap.add_argument("--threads", default="1,2,4,8,16")
ap.add_argument("--reps", type=int, default=3)
ap.add_argument("--slab", type=int, default=256)
ap.add_argument("--slabs", type=int, default=1024)
ap.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=42)
ap.add_argument("--cold", action="store_true")
ap.add_argument("--modes", default="distinct,same")
ap.add_argument("--layouts", default="deflate,contiguous")
ap.add_argument("--json")
a = ap.parse_args()
# The Rust harness pins this value (splitmix64_reference).
assert splitmix64(42)[1] == 0xBDD732262FEB6E95, "splitmix64 port is wrong"
try:
with open(os.path.join(a.dir, "manifest.json")) as fh:
m = json.load(fh)
except FileNotFoundError:
sys.exit(f"{a.dir}/manifest.json not found: generate the files with "
"`cargo run --release -p clawhdf5-bench --bin concurrent_read -- --dir ...` first")
threads_list = [int(x) for x in a.threads.split(",")]
modes = a.modes.split(",")
layouts = a.layouts.split(",")
if a.slab < 1 or a.slab > min(m["rows"], m["cols"]):
sys.exit(f"--slab must be 1..={min(m['rows'], m['cols'])}")
files = dict(m["files"])
slabs = slab_offsets(a.seed, a.slabs, m["rows"], m["cols"], a.slab)
dataset_bytes = m["rows"] * m["cols"] * 4
tool = f"h5py-{a.executor}"
ctx = mp.get_context("spawn") # never fork a process holding HDF5 state
pools = {}
if a.executor == "processes":
for t in threads_list:
pool = ctx.Pool(t, initializer=_init, initargs=(ctx.Barrier(t),))
pool.map(_noop, range(t)) # start the workers outside the timing
pools[t] = pool
rows = []
print("| layout | mode | threads | MB/s | efficiency | median s |")
print("|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|")
try:
for layout in layouts:
path = os.path.join(a.dir, files[layout])
if not a.cold:
warm(path)
for mode in modes:
with h5py.File(path, "r") as f: # untimed, checked pass
work(f, mode, 0, 1, m, slabs, a.slab, True)
nbytes = (dataset_bytes * m["datasets"] if mode == "distinct"
else a.slab * a.slab * 4 * a.slabs)
base = None
for t in threads_list:
times = []
for _ in range(a.reps):
if a.cold:
evict(path)
if a.executor == "threads":
times.append(run_threads(path, mode, t, m, slabs, a.slab))
else:
times.append(run_processes(pools[t], path, mode, t, m, slabs, a.slab))
med = sorted(times)[len(times) // 2]
mb_s = nbytes / (1 << 20) / med
if t == 1:
base = mb_s
eff = mb_s / (t * base) if base else None
print(f"| {layout} | {mode} | {t} | {mb_s:.0f} | "
f"{'-' if eff is None else f'{eff:.2f}'} | {med:.4f} |")
rows.append({
"layout": layout, "mode": mode, "threads": t, "bytes": nbytes,
"times_s": times, "median_s": med, "mb_s": mb_s, "efficiency": eff,
})
finally:
for pool in pools.values():
pool.terminate()
if a.json:
doc = {
"tool": tool,
"version": h5py.__version__,
"hdf5_version": h5py.version.hdf5_version,
"python": platform.python_version(),
"host": socket.gethostname(),
"cpus": os.cpu_count(),
"unix_time": int(time.time()),
"cache": ("cold (posix_fadvise DONTNEED before each repetition)"
if a.cold else "warm"),
"decode_threads": 1,
"params": {
"datasets": m["datasets"], "rows": m["rows"], "cols": m["cols"],
"chunk": m["chunk"], "deflate_level": m["deflate_level"],
"mib": dataset_bytes // (1 << 20), "slab": a.slab, "slabs": a.slabs,
"seed": a.seed, "reps": a.reps, "dir": a.dir,
},
"results": rows,
}
with open(a.json, "w") as fh:
json.dump(doc, fh, indent=2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()