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"""
UNTESTED:
read_message
"""
import sys
import sysconfig
import pytest
import pyarrow as pa
import numpy as np
cuda = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow.cuda")
platform = sysconfig.get_platform()
# TODO: enable ppc64 when Arrow C++ supports IPC in ppc64 systems:
has_ipc_support = platform == 'linux-x86_64' # or 'ppc64' in platform
cuda_ipc = pytest.mark.skipif(
not has_ipc_support,
reason='CUDA IPC not supported in platform `%s`' % (platform))
global_context = None # for flake8
global_context1 = None # for flake8
def setup_module(module):
module.global_context = cuda.Context(0)
module.global_context1 = cuda.Context(cuda.Context.get_num_devices() - 1)
def teardown_module(module):
del module.global_context
def test_Context():
assert cuda.Context.get_num_devices() > 0
assert global_context.device_number == 0
assert global_context1.device_number == cuda.Context.get_num_devices() - 1
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match=("device_number argument must "
"be non-negative less than")):
cuda.Context(cuda.Context.get_num_devices())
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_manage_allocate_free_host(size):
buf = cuda.new_host_buffer(size)
arr = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)
arr[size//4:3*size//4] = 1
arr_cp = arr.copy()
arr2 = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr2, arr_cp)
assert buf.size == size
def test_context_allocate_del():
bytes_allocated = global_context.bytes_allocated
cudabuf = global_context.new_buffer(128)
assert global_context.bytes_allocated == bytes_allocated + 128
del cudabuf
assert global_context.bytes_allocated == bytes_allocated
def make_random_buffer(size, target='host'):
"""Return a host or device buffer with random data.
"""
if target == 'host':
assert size >= 0
buf = pa.allocate_buffer(size)
assert buf.size == size
arr = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)
assert arr.size == size
arr[:] = np.random.randint(low=1, high=255, size=size, dtype=np.uint8)
assert arr.sum() > 0 or size == 0
arr_ = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr_)
return arr, buf
elif target == 'device':
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size, target='host')
dbuf = global_context.new_buffer(size)
assert dbuf.size == size
dbuf.copy_from_host(buf, position=0, nbytes=size)
return arr, dbuf
raise ValueError('invalid target value')
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_context_device_buffer(size):
# Creating device buffer from host buffer;
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size)
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(buf)
assert cudabuf.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
# CudaBuffer does not support buffer protocol
with pytest.raises(BufferError):
memoryview(cudabuf)
# Creating device buffer from array:
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(arr)
assert cudabuf.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
# Creating device buffer from bytes:
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(arr.tobytes())
assert cudabuf.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
# Creating a device buffer from another device buffer, view:
cudabuf2 = cudabuf.slice(0, cudabuf.size)
assert cudabuf2.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
if size > 1:
cudabuf2.copy_from_host(arr[size//2:])
arr3 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(np.concatenate((arr[size//2:], arr[size//2:])),
arr3)
cudabuf2.copy_from_host(arr[:size//2]) # restoring arr
# Creating a device buffer from another device buffer, copy:
cudabuf2 = global_context.buffer_from_data(cudabuf)
assert cudabuf2.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
cudabuf2.copy_from_host(arr[size//2:])
arr3 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr3)
# Slice of a device buffer
cudabuf2 = cudabuf.slice(0, cudabuf.size+10)
assert cudabuf2.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
cudabuf2 = cudabuf.slice(size//4, size+10)
assert cudabuf2.size == size - size//4
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[size//4:], arr2)
# Creating a device buffer from a slice of host buffer
soffset = size//4
ssize = 2*size//4
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(buf, offset=soffset,
size=ssize)
assert cudabuf.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset + ssize], arr2)
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(buf.slice(offset=soffset,
length=ssize))
assert cudabuf.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset + ssize], arr2)
# Creating a device buffer from a slice of an array
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(arr, offset=soffset, size=ssize)
assert cudabuf.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset + ssize], arr2)
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(arr[soffset:soffset+ssize])
assert cudabuf.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset + ssize], arr2)
# Creating a device buffer from a slice of bytes
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(arr.tobytes(),
offset=soffset,
size=ssize)
assert cudabuf.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset + ssize], arr2)
# Creating a device buffer from size
cudabuf = global_context.new_buffer(size)
assert cudabuf.size == size
# Creating device buffer from a slice of another device buffer:
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(arr)
cudabuf2 = cudabuf.slice(soffset, ssize)
assert cudabuf2.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset+ssize], arr2)
# Creating device buffer from HostBuffer
buf = cuda.new_host_buffer(size)
arr_ = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)
arr_[:] = arr
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(buf)
assert cudabuf.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
# Creating device buffer from HostBuffer slice
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(buf, offset=soffset, size=ssize)
assert cudabuf.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset+ssize], arr2)
cudabuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(
buf.slice(offset=soffset, length=ssize))
assert cudabuf.size == ssize
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cudabuf.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[soffset:soffset+ssize], arr2)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_context_from_object(size):
ctx = global_context
arr, cbuf = make_random_buffer(size, target='device')
dtype = arr.dtype
# Creating device buffer from a CUDA host buffer
hbuf = cuda.new_host_buffer(size * arr.dtype.itemsize)
np.frombuffer(hbuf, dtype=dtype)[:] = arr
cbuf2 = ctx.buffer_from_object(hbuf)
assert cbuf2.size == cbuf.size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cbuf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=dtype)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
# Creating device buffer from a device buffer
cbuf2 = ctx.buffer_from_object(cbuf2)
assert cbuf2.size == cbuf.size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(cbuf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=dtype)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
# Trying to create a device buffer from a Buffer
with pytest.raises(pa.ArrowTypeError,
match=('buffer is not backed by a CudaBuffer')):
ctx.buffer_from_object(pa.py_buffer(b"123"))
# Trying to create a device buffer from numpy.array
with pytest.raises(pa.ArrowTypeError,
match=('cannot create device buffer view from'
' `<class \'numpy.ndarray\'>` object')):
ctx.buffer_from_object(np.array([1, 2, 3]))
def test_foreign_buffer():
ctx = global_context
dtype = np.dtype(np.uint8)
size = 10
hbuf = cuda.new_host_buffer(size * dtype.itemsize)
# test host buffer memory reference counting
rc = sys.getrefcount(hbuf)
fbuf = ctx.foreign_buffer(hbuf.address, hbuf.size, hbuf)
assert sys.getrefcount(hbuf) == rc + 1
del fbuf
assert sys.getrefcount(hbuf) == rc
# test postponed dealloction of host buffer memory
fbuf = ctx.foreign_buffer(hbuf.address, hbuf.size, hbuf)
del hbuf
fbuf.copy_to_host()
# test deallocating the host buffer memory making it inaccessible
hbuf = cuda.new_host_buffer(size * dtype.itemsize)
fbuf = ctx.foreign_buffer(hbuf.address, hbuf.size)
del hbuf
with pytest.raises(pa.ArrowIOError,
match=('Cuda Driver API call in')):
fbuf.copy_to_host()
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_CudaBuffer(size):
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size)
assert arr.tobytes() == buf.to_pybytes()
cbuf = global_context.buffer_from_data(buf)
assert cbuf.size == size
assert arr.tobytes() == cbuf.to_pybytes()
for i in range(size):
assert cbuf[i] == arr[i]
for s in [
slice(None),
slice(size//4, size//2),
]:
assert cbuf[s].to_pybytes() == arr[s].tobytes()
sbuf = cbuf.slice(size//4, size//2)
assert sbuf.parent == cbuf
with pytest.raises(TypeError,
match="Do not call CudaBuffer's constructor directly"):
cuda.CudaBuffer()
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_HostBuffer(size):
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size)
assert arr.tobytes() == buf.to_pybytes()
hbuf = cuda.new_host_buffer(size)
np.frombuffer(hbuf, dtype=np.uint8)[:] = arr
assert hbuf.size == size
assert arr.tobytes() == hbuf.to_pybytes()
for i in range(size):
assert hbuf[i] == arr[i]
for s in [
slice(None),
slice(size//4, size//2),
]:
assert hbuf[s].to_pybytes() == arr[s].tobytes()
sbuf = hbuf.slice(size//4, size//2)
assert sbuf.parent == hbuf
del hbuf
with pytest.raises(TypeError,
match="Do not call HostBuffer's constructor directly"):
cuda.HostBuffer()
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_copy_from_to_host(size):
# Create a buffer in host containing range(size)
buf = pa.allocate_buffer(size, resizable=True) # in host
assert isinstance(buf, pa.Buffer)
assert not isinstance(buf, cuda.CudaBuffer)
arr = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)
assert arr.size == size
arr[:] = range(size)
arr_ = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr_)
device_buffer = global_context.new_buffer(size)
assert isinstance(device_buffer, cuda.CudaBuffer)
assert isinstance(device_buffer, pa.Buffer)
assert device_buffer.size == size
device_buffer.copy_from_host(buf, position=0, nbytes=size)
buf2 = device_buffer.copy_to_host(position=0, nbytes=size)
arr2 = np.frombuffer(buf2, dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_copy_to_host(size):
arr, dbuf = make_random_buffer(size, target='device')
buf = dbuf.copy_to_host()
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8))
buf = dbuf.copy_to_host(position=size//4)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[size//4:], np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8))
buf = dbuf.copy_to_host(position=size//4, nbytes=size//8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[size//4:size//4+size//8],
np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8))
buf = dbuf.copy_to_host(position=size//4, nbytes=0)
assert buf.size == 0
for (position, nbytes) in [
(size+2, -1), (-2, -1), (size+1, 0), (-3, 0),
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match='position argument is out-of-range'):
dbuf.copy_to_host(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
for (position, nbytes) in [
(0, size+1), (size//2, (size+1)//2+1), (size, 1)
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match=('requested more to copy than'
' available from device buffer')):
dbuf.copy_to_host(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
buf = pa.allocate_buffer(size//4)
dbuf.copy_to_host(buf=buf)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[:size//4], np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8))
if size < 12:
return
dbuf.copy_to_host(buf=buf, position=12)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[12:12+size//4],
np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8))
dbuf.copy_to_host(buf=buf, nbytes=12)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[:12], np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)[:12])
dbuf.copy_to_host(buf=buf, nbytes=12, position=6)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[6:6+12],
np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=np.uint8)[:12])
for (position, nbytes) in [
(0, size+10), (10, size-5),
(0, size//2), (size//4, size//4+1)
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match=('requested copy does not '
'fit into host buffer')):
dbuf.copy_to_host(buf=buf, position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("dest_ctx", ['same', 'another'])
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_copy_from_device(dest_ctx, size):
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size=size, target='device')
lst = arr.tolist()
if dest_ctx == 'another':
dest_ctx = global_context1
if buf.context.device_number == dest_ctx.device_number:
pytest.skip("not a multi-GPU system")
else:
dest_ctx = buf.context
dbuf = dest_ctx.new_buffer(size)
def put(*args, **kwargs):
dbuf.copy_from_device(buf, *args, **kwargs)
rbuf = dbuf.copy_to_host()
return np.frombuffer(rbuf, dtype=np.uint8).tolist()
assert put() == lst
if size > 4:
assert put(position=size//4) == lst[:size//4]+lst[:-size//4]
assert put() == lst
assert put(position=1, nbytes=size//2) == \
lst[:1] + lst[:size//2] + lst[-(size-size//2-1):]
for (position, nbytes) in [
(size+2, -1), (-2, -1), (size+1, 0), (-3, 0),
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match='position argument is out-of-range'):
put(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
for (position, nbytes) in [
(0, size+1),
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match=('requested more to copy than'
' available from device buffer')):
put(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
if size < 4:
return
for (position, nbytes) in [
(size//2, (size+1)//2+1)
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match=('requested more to copy than'
' available in device buffer')):
put(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_copy_from_host(size):
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size=size, target='host')
lst = arr.tolist()
dbuf = global_context.new_buffer(size)
def put(*args, **kwargs):
dbuf.copy_from_host(buf, *args, **kwargs)
rbuf = dbuf.copy_to_host()
return np.frombuffer(rbuf, dtype=np.uint8).tolist()
assert put() == lst
if size > 4:
assert put(position=size//4) == lst[:size//4]+lst[:-size//4]
assert put() == lst
assert put(position=1, nbytes=size//2) == \
lst[:1] + lst[:size//2] + lst[-(size-size//2-1):]
for (position, nbytes) in [
(size+2, -1), (-2, -1), (size+1, 0), (-3, 0),
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match='position argument is out-of-range'):
put(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
for (position, nbytes) in [
(0, size+1),
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match=('requested more to copy than'
' available from host buffer')):
put(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
if size < 4:
return
for (position, nbytes) in [
(size//2, (size+1)//2+1)
]:
with pytest.raises(ValueError,
match=('requested more to copy than'
' available in device buffer')):
put(position=position, nbytes=nbytes)
def test_BufferWriter():
def allocate(size):
cbuf = global_context.new_buffer(size)
writer = cuda.BufferWriter(cbuf)
return cbuf, writer
def test_writes(total_size, chunksize, buffer_size=0):
cbuf, writer = allocate(total_size)
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size=total_size, target='host')
if buffer_size > 0:
writer.buffer_size = buffer_size
position = writer.tell()
assert position == 0
writer.write(buf.slice(length=chunksize))
assert writer.tell() == chunksize
writer.seek(0)
position = writer.tell()
assert position == 0
while position < total_size:
bytes_to_write = min(chunksize, total_size - position)
writer.write(buf.slice(offset=position, length=bytes_to_write))
position += bytes_to_write
writer.flush()
assert cbuf.size == total_size
cbuf.context.synchronize()
buf2 = cbuf.copy_to_host()
cbuf.context.synchronize()
assert buf2.size == total_size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(buf2, dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
total_size, chunk_size = 1 << 16, 1000
test_writes(total_size, chunk_size)
test_writes(total_size, chunk_size, total_size // 16)
cbuf, writer = allocate(100)
writer.write(np.arange(100, dtype=np.uint8))
writer.writeat(50, np.arange(25, dtype=np.uint8))
writer.write(np.arange(25, dtype=np.uint8))
writer.flush()
arr = np.frombuffer(cbuf.copy_to_host(), np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[:50], np.arange(50, dtype=np.uint8))
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[50:75], np.arange(25, dtype=np.uint8))
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[75:], np.arange(25, dtype=np.uint8))
def test_BufferWriter_edge_cases():
# edge cases, see cuda-test.cc for more information:
size = 1000
cbuf = global_context.new_buffer(size)
writer = cuda.BufferWriter(cbuf)
arr, buf = make_random_buffer(size=size, target='host')
assert writer.buffer_size == 0
writer.buffer_size = 100
assert writer.buffer_size == 100
writer.write(buf.slice(length=0))
assert writer.tell() == 0
writer.write(buf.slice(length=10))
writer.buffer_size = 200
assert writer.buffer_size == 200
assert writer.num_bytes_buffered == 0
writer.write(buf.slice(offset=10, length=300))
assert writer.num_bytes_buffered == 0
writer.write(buf.slice(offset=310, length=200))
assert writer.num_bytes_buffered == 0
writer.write(buf.slice(offset=510, length=390))
writer.write(buf.slice(offset=900, length=100))
writer.flush()
buf2 = cbuf.copy_to_host()
assert buf2.size == size
arr2 = np.frombuffer(buf2, dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
def test_BufferReader():
size = 1000
arr, cbuf = make_random_buffer(size=size, target='device')
reader = cuda.BufferReader(cbuf)
reader.seek(950)
assert reader.tell() == 950
data = reader.read(100)
assert len(data) == 50
assert reader.tell() == 1000
reader.seek(925)
arr2 = np.zeros(100, dtype=np.uint8)
n = reader.readinto(arr2)
assert n == 75
assert reader.tell() == 1000
np.testing.assert_equal(arr[925:], arr2[:75])
reader.seek(0)
assert reader.tell() == 0
buf2 = reader.read_buffer()
arr2 = np.frombuffer(buf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
def test_BufferReader_zero_size():
arr, cbuf = make_random_buffer(size=0, target='device')
reader = cuda.BufferReader(cbuf)
reader.seek(0)
data = reader.read()
assert len(data) == 0
assert reader.tell() == 0
buf2 = reader.read_buffer()
arr2 = np.frombuffer(buf2.copy_to_host(), dtype=np.uint8)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, arr2)
def make_recordbatch(length):
schema = pa.schema([pa.field('f0', pa.int16()),
pa.field('f1', pa.int16())])
a0 = pa.array(np.random.randint(0, 255, size=length, dtype=np.int16))
a1 = pa.array(np.random.randint(0, 255, size=length, dtype=np.int16))
batch = pa.RecordBatch.from_arrays([a0, a1], schema)
return batch
def test_batch_serialize():
batch = make_recordbatch(10)
hbuf = batch.serialize()
cbuf = cuda.serialize_record_batch(batch, global_context)
# test that read_record_batch works properly:
cuda.read_record_batch(cbuf, batch.schema)
buf = cbuf.copy_to_host()
assert hbuf.equals(buf)
batch2 = pa.read_record_batch(buf, batch.schema)
assert hbuf.equals(batch2.serialize())
assert batch.num_columns == batch2.num_columns
assert batch.num_rows == batch2.num_rows
assert batch.column(0).equals(batch2.column(0))
assert batch.equals(batch2)
def other_process_for_test_IPC(handle_buffer, expected_arr):
other_context = pa.cuda.Context(0)
ipc_handle = pa.cuda.IpcMemHandle.from_buffer(handle_buffer)
ipc_buf = other_context.open_ipc_buffer(ipc_handle)
ipc_buf.context.synchronize()
buf = ipc_buf.copy_to_host()
assert buf.size == expected_arr.size, repr((buf.size, expected_arr.size))
arr = np.frombuffer(buf, dtype=expected_arr.dtype)
np.testing.assert_equal(arr, expected_arr)
@cuda_ipc
@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info[0] == 2, reason="test needs Python 3")
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 1000])
def test_IPC(size):
import multiprocessing
ctx = multiprocessing.get_context('spawn')
arr, cbuf = make_random_buffer(size=size, target='device')
ipc_handle = cbuf.export_for_ipc()
handle_buffer = ipc_handle.serialize()
p = ctx.Process(target=other_process_for_test_IPC,
args=(handle_buffer, arr))
p.start()
p.join()
assert p.exitcode == 0