netcdf-c/ncgen
Dennis Heimbigner fb40a72b45 Improve performance of the nc_reclaim_data and nc_copy_data functions.
re: Issue https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/2685
re: PR https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/pull/2179

As noted in PR https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/pull/2179,
the old code did not allow for reclaiming instances of types,
nor for properly copying them. That PR provided new functions
capable of reclaiming/copying instances of arbitrary types.

However, as noted by Issue https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/2685, using these
most general functions resulted in a significant performance
degradation, even for common cases.

This PR attempts to mitigate the cost of using the general
reclaim/copy functions in two ways.

First, the previous functions operating at the top level by
using ncid and typeid arguments. These functions were augmented
with equivalent versions that used the netcdf-c library internal
data structures to allow direct access to needed information.
These new functions are used internally to the library.

The second mitigation involves optimizing the internal functions
by providing early tests for common cases. This avoids
unnecessary recursive function calls.

The overall result is a significant improvement in speed by a
factor of roughly twenty -- your mileage may vary. These
optimized functions are still not as fast as the original (more
limited) functions, but they are getting close. Additional optimizations are
possible. But the cost is a significant "uglification" of the
code that I deemed a step too far, at least for now.

## Misc. Changes
1. Added a test case to check the proper reclamation/copy of complex types.
2. Found and fixed some places where nc_reclaim/copy should have been used.
3. Replaced, in the netcdf-c library, (almost all) occurrences of nc_reclaim_copy with calls to NC_reclaim/copy. This plus the optimizations is the primary speed-up mechanism.
4. In DAP4, the metadata is held in a substrate in-memory file; this required some changes so that the reclaim/copy code accessed that substrate dispatcher rather than the DAP4 dispatcher.
5. Re-factored and isolated the code that computes if a type is (transitively) variable-sized or not.
6. Clean up the reclamation code in ncgen; adding the use of nc_reclaim exposed some memory problems.
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bindata.c Add support for Zarr string type to NCZarr 2022-08-27 20:21:13 -06:00
bytebuffer.c Support MSYS2/Mingw platform 2021-12-23 22:18:56 -07:00
bytebuffer.h
c0_4.cdl
c0.cdl
c5.cdl
cdata.c Regularize the semantics of mkstemp. 2021-05-14 11:33:03 -06:00
cdfdata.c
CMakeLists.txt "Simplify" XGetopt usage 2023-04-09 13:10:41 -06:00
cmldata.c Regularize the semantics of mkstemp. 2021-05-14 11:33:03 -06:00
compound_datasize_test2.cdl
compound_datasize_test.cdl
ctests.sh
cvt.c Cleaned up another undefined reference. 2022-01-24 14:44:28 -07:00
data.c Fix various problem around VLEN's 2022-01-08 18:30:00 -07:00
data.h This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
debug.c
debug.h
depend
dump.c Explicitly disallow variable length type compression 2022-02-19 16:47:31 -07:00
dump.h
env
escapes.c
f77data.c This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
foo.cdl
ftests.sh
genbin.c Improve performance of the nc_reclaim_data and nc_copy_data functions. 2023-05-20 17:11:25 -06:00
genc.c Merge pull request #2339 from catenacyber/leak 2022-05-17 16:46:03 -06:00
genchar.c Merge branch 'ncgenchunks.dmh' of https://github.com/DennisHeimbigner/netcdf-c into master 2020-09-09 10:24:33 -06:00
gencml.c Docs migration 2021-11-11 10:47:49 -07:00
generate.c Improve performance of the nc_reclaim_data and nc_copy_data functions. 2023-05-20 17:11:25 -06:00
generate.h Improve performance of the nc_reclaim_data and nc_copy_data functions. 2023-05-20 17:11:25 -06:00
generr.c Regularize the semantics of mkstemp. 2021-05-14 11:33:03 -06:00
generr.h This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
genf77.c This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
genj.c This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
genjjni.c Regularize the semantics of mkstemp. 2021-05-14 11:33:03 -06:00
genjstd.c
genlib.c This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
genlib.h Fix the handling of certain alias types on CDL files. 2021-04-13 16:56:43 -06:00
getfill.c This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
includes.h This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
internals.html
jdata.c This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
jdatajni.c
jdatastd.c
jtests.sh
lfs-tests
list.c
list.h
main_cpp.cpp This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00
main.c Fix Mingw versus XGetopt (again) 2021-05-26 14:27:27 -06:00
Makefile.am Add support for Zarr string type to NCZarr 2022-08-27 20:21:13 -06:00
makeparser.sh
ncf199.cdl
ncf345.cdl Docs migration 2021-11-11 10:47:49 -07:00
ncgen.1 Correct a typo in support of https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/2534 2022-10-26 09:22:50 -06:00
ncgen.h Add BitRound to ncgen 2022-02-19 16:08:36 -08:00
ncgen.l Add support for Zarr string type to NCZarr 2022-08-27 20:21:13 -06:00
ncgen.y Cleanup DAP4 testing 2022-11-13 13:15:11 -07:00
ncgenl.c Add support for Zarr string type to NCZarr 2022-08-27 20:21:13 -06:00
ncgeny.c Cleanup DAP4 testing 2022-11-13 13:15:11 -07:00
ncgeny.h Cleanup DAP4 testing 2022-11-13 13:15:11 -07:00
odom.c
odom.h
ref_camrun.cdl
run_tests2.sh
semantics.c Fix various problem around VLEN's 2022-01-08 18:30:00 -07:00
tst_gattenum.cdl
tst_usuffix.cdl
util.c Add filter support to NCZarr 2021-09-02 17:04:26 -06:00
util.h This PR adds EXPERIMENTAL support for accessing data in the 2020-06-28 18:02:47 -06:00