⚡️ Speed up function tridiagonal_solve by 764%
#1070
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📄 764% (7.64x) speedup for
tridiagonal_solveincode_to_optimize/sample_code.py⏱️ Runtime :
4.59 milliseconds→532 microseconds(best of84runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves an 8.6x speedup (763% faster) through two key optimizations:
1. Numba JIT Compilation for Large Arrays (n > 64)
The code introduces optional Numba JIT compilation that compiles the tridiagonal solver to native machine code. When Numba is available and the array size exceeds 64 elements, the algorithm benefits from:
From the profiler results, the forward sweep loop (lines with
for i in range(1, n-1)) consumed ~56% of runtime, and the back substitution loop consumed ~29%. JIT compilation dramatically accelerates these sequential operations that cannot be easily vectorized.2. Memory Allocation Optimization:
np.empty()vsnp.zeros()Replacing
np.zeros()withnp.empty()for the working arrays (c_prime,d_prime,x) eliminates unnecessary memory initialization. Since all elements are overwritten during computation, zero-initialization wastes cycles. This provides consistent minor gains across all test cases.Performance Impact by Test Case Size:
np.empty()alone (falls back to pure Python path)Deployment Considerations:
The optimization gracefully degrades - if Numba is unavailable, the code falls back to the original implementation with only the
np.empty()benefit. Then > 64threshold ensures Numba compilation overhead doesn't hurt small array performance. This makes the optimization safe for production environments where Numba availability may vary, while providing massive gains for the larger systems typical in numerical computing workloads.✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Click to see Existing Unit Tests
test_numba_jit_code.py::TestTridiagonalSolve.test_diagonal_systemtest_numba_jit_code.py::TestTridiagonalSolve.test_larger_systemtest_numba_jit_code.py::TestTridiagonalSolve.test_simple_systemtest_numba_jit_code.py::TestTridiagonalSolve.test_two_element_system🌀 Click to see Generated Regression Tests
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