CUDA pipeline performance series: vectorized VBx + threaded pdist, fbank session pool, folded segmentation export - #15
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At scale (4.7 h meeting: N=21,418 filtered embeddings, K=1,902 AHC seed clusters, D=128) clustering dominates end-to-end wall time: VB-EM 305 s (scalar O(N*K*D) loops x20 iterations, per-speaker penalty recomputed per sample) plus AHC pdist 64.5 s (per-pair scalar loop) = 74% of a 474 s run. - vbx.rs: M-step as one gamma^T*rho matmul; E-step as one rho*alpha^T matmul with the penalty vector computed once per iteration; fused logsumexp/gamma row pass. Same f64 math, same iteration and early-stop semantics. - ahc.rs: condensed distances via blocked Gram matmul (d^2 = |a|^2+|b|^2-2ab) with std::thread::scope over disjoint condensed ranges (lock-free, deterministic ordering). - Cargo.toml: enable ndarray matrixmultiply-threading. Measured (A6000, quiet machine): VB-EM 305.1 -> 36.7 s (8.3x); pdist 64.5 -> 1.2 s (53x); clustering total 348 -> 43.6 s (8x); 4.7 h end-to-end 474 -> 171.6 s. RTTMs bit-identical; clustering tests incl. the Python-parity fixtures (AHC == scipy order; VBx gamma/pi at 1e-4/1e-5) pass; AMI test-16 re-run identical at 13.101% aggregate, 16/16 RTTMs bit-identical.
With multimask batching engaged, CPU fbank dominates the CUDA path: fbank_ms=28182 of ~37 s wall (76%) on a 36-min meeting (ES2004a, RTX 3080 Ti) vs gpu_predict_ms=3572. The single fbank session is capped at 4 intra-op threads, and intra-op threads do not scale it (4 -> 24 threads: 35.4 s -> 32.1 s). --chunk-emb-workers has no effect on the CUDA path. - session.rs: SPEAKRS_FBANK_THREADS env override for the intra-op cap. - load/sessions.rs: build split_fbank_pool: Vec<Session> (size SPEAKRS_FBANK_POOL, default available_parallelism/4 clamped 1-8) when the split backend is available. - fbank.rs: compute_chunk_fbanks_batch fans chunks across the pool with std::thread::scope; session-local input buffers, deterministic ordering. Measured: ES2004a end-to-end 39.4 s -> 12.9 s (3.1x) at pool=8, RTTM bit-identical; AMI test-16 aggregate DER unchanged. Env vars are the smallest possible surface — happy to rework into RuntimeConfig if preferred.
The exported segmentation ONNX retains SincNet's filter-synthesis subgraph (Sin x2 / Cos x2 / If x1 recomputed from frozen parameters on every forward). On the ORT CUDA EP these ops trigger CPU fallback with Memcpy nodes inserted: 190 ms vs 96.6 ms per batch-32 (2.0x) folded vs unfolded in serving tests, and -7% end-to-end in the speakrs pipeline. Run onnxsim constant folding in export_models.py after export. Folding is bit-exact (max_abs_diff 0.0, argmax mismatch 0; graph shrinks 179 -> 40 nodes) and needs zero runtime changes — the same filenames load as before.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request optimizes AHC and VBx clustering, adds pooled CPU fbank sessions for parallel multi-audio extraction, and simplifies exported segmentation ONNX graphs. It also adds configurable fbank threading and enables ndarray matrixmultiply threading. ChangesClustering optimization
Parallel fbank execution
ONNX export simplification
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The PR changes fbank execution to use pooled CPU sessions and changes exported segmentation graphs. At the current head, some inference paths can regress or alter behavior, exported models can change behavior without detection, and oversized settings can amplify startup CPU and memory use; the public configuration change can also break downstream callers. These concrete risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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Full details: Title checkExplanation The title accurately summarizes the PR's main performance changes: vectorized VBx, threaded pairwise-distance computation, an fbank session pool, and folded segmentation exports. It is specific and relevant, although it is somewhat long.
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| Filename | Overview |
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| src/clustering/ahc.rs | Replaces scalar pairwise distances with concurrently allocated block Gram matrices, creating excessive peak memory on large clustering inputs. |
| src/clustering/vbx.rs | Vectorizes the existing VBx equations without an identified contract violation. |
| src/inference/embedding/fbank.rs | Adds ordered parallel fbank processing but unconditionally supersedes backend-native batching when the pool exists. |
| src/inference/embedding/load/sessions.rs | Builds additional CPU fbank sessions for every split backend, including Core ML modes. |
| src/inference/embedding/session.rs | Adds an environment-controlled intra-op thread override; invalid values fall back to the existing default. |
| scripts/export_models.py | Adds validated ONNX graph simplification to the three segmentation exports. |
| Cargo.toml | Enables matrixmultiply threading for ndarray and resolves its supporting dependencies. |
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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
Audio[Audio chunks] --> Pool{CPU fbank pool available?}
Pool -->|Yes| Cpu[Parallel ORT CPU fbank sessions]
Pool -->|No| Native[Native or batched fbank path]
Cpu --> Tail[Embedding tail]
Native --> Tail
Tail --> Embeddings[Speaker embeddings]
Embeddings --> AHC[Blocked AHC distance matrices]
AHC --> VBx[Vectorized VBx refinement]
VBx --> Output[Speaker clusters]
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| std::thread::scope(|scope| { | ||
| for (bi, bi_end, slice) in blocks { | ||
| let emb = &embeddings; | ||
| let norms = &sq_norms; | ||
| scope.spawn(move || { | ||
| let a = emb.slice(ndarray::s![bi..bi_end, ..]); | ||
| let b = emb.slice(ndarray::s![bi.., ..]); | ||
| let gram = a.dot(&b.t()); // (bi_end-bi) x (observations-bi) |
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When clustering a large recording, this loop starts every block worker before joining any of them, so all Gram matrices remain live alongside the full condensed-distance vector. For the documented 21k-observation workload, this approximately doubles pairwise-distance storage and can terminate clustering through allocation failure or the OOM killer.
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| ) -> Result<Vec<Array2<f32>>, ort::Error> { | ||
| // Fan per-chunk fbank out across a pool of CPU sessions. | ||
| // fbank is otherwise ~76% of CUDA E2E wall time (intra-op threads don't scale it). | ||
| if audios.len() > 1 && !self.ort.split_fbank_pool.is_empty() { |
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When a Core ML split-backend model processes multiple chunks, the mode-independent CPU pool satisfies this branch before native fbank batching is considered. Fbank extraction therefore runs through CPU ONNX sessions instead of the configured native accelerator, causing a substantial performance regression on the optimized Core ML path.
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include_subgraph=Truetoonnxsim.simplify. The boundonnxsim.simplifycall defaults toinclude_subgraph=False, so anyIfbranches in the exported graph remain unsimplified. This can retain theSin/CosCPU fallback and the associated performance cost.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@scripts/export_models.py`:
- Around line 75-79: The model export simplification flow must compare original
and simplified outputs before saving. Update each export’s simplify call to
enable nonzero validation with appropriate inputs, or perform an explicit
inference comparison, and retain the existing failure path so onnx.save only
runs after output equivalence is confirmed.
In `@src/clustering/ahc.rs`:
- Around line 86-103: Bound concurrency in the Gram-matrix computation around
the scoped workers so only a limited number of blocks allocate matrices
simultaneously, avoiding unbounded peak memory from spawning every block at
once. Coordinate this with matrixmultiply-threading: either process Gram blocks
sequentially or disable inner threading when using a bounded outer worker pool,
while preserving the existing distance calculations and slice writes.
In `@src/inference/embedding/fbank.rs`:
- Around line 61-97: Update the pool-dispatch condition in the fbank inference
method so ExecutionMode::CoreMl and ExecutionMode::CoreMlFast do not enter the
split_fbank_pool branch; preserve native CoreML batch handling through
try_push_native_fbank_batch before any CPU fallback, while leaving non-CoreML
pool behavior unchanged.
In `@src/inference/embedding/session.rs`:
- Around line 67-74: Update the SPEAKRS_FBANK_THREADS parsing in the threads
initialization to reject a parsed value of 0 or map it to 1, ensuring the ONNX
Runtime intra-op setting is always at least one thread while preserving the
existing fallback behavior.
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In `@scripts/export_models.py`:
- Around line 75-76: Update the onnxsim.simplify call in the model export flow
to pass include_subgraph=True, ensuring If branch subgraphs are simplified while
preserving the existing model loading and success handling.
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| model = onnx.load(path) | ||
| simplified, ok = simplify(model) | ||
| if not ok: | ||
| raise RuntimeError(f"onnxsim could not validate the simplified graph for {path}") | ||
| onnx.save(simplified, path) |
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In the onnxsim library, the simplify function is the primary entry point for model simplification [1][2]. The parameters check_n, test_input_shapes, and input_data are used to control the validation process of the simplified model [3][4]. 1. check_n (int, default 0): This parameter determines the number of times the simplified model is validated against the original model using random inputs [3][1]. When set to a value greater than 0, the library generates random inputs (or uses custom data if provided), runs both the original and simplified models, and compares their outputs to ensure numerical equivalence [1]. 2. test_input_shapes (dict or None, default None): When a model has dynamic input shapes, this parameter allows the user to specify fixed shapes to be used specifically for generating the random test inputs during the validation phase [3][4]. 3. input_data (dict or None, default None): This parameter allows users to provide custom input data (as a dictionary of numpy arrays) for the validation process [1]. If provided, this data is used instead of randomly generated data when check_n is greater than 0 [1]. These parameters are part of the simplify function signature, which is defined in the onnx_simplifier.py module [3][5]. Note that while the command-line interface provides similar functionality, these specific parameters are used when invoking the simplify function directly via the Python API [5][2].
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- 1: https://deepwiki.com/daquexian/onnx-simplifier/3.1-python-api
- 2: https://deepwiki.com/daquexian/onnx-simplifier/4.2-python-interface
- 3: https://github.com/daquexian/onnx-simplifier/blob/master/onnxsim/onnx_simplifier.py
- 4: https://github.com/daquexian/onnx-simplifier/blob/f89308cf/onnxsim/onnx_simplifier.py
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Reject simplification unless outputs match.
onnxsim.simplify(model) defaults to check_n=0. This validates the graph but does not compare outputs with the original model. A behavior-changing graph can therefore pass Lines 77-78 and overwrite the export at Line 79. Use check_n > 0 with inputs for all three exports, or run an explicit original-versus-simplified inference check before saving.
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In `@scripts/export_models.py` around lines 75 - 79, The model export
simplification flow must compare original and simplified outputs before saving.
Update each export’s simplify call to enable nonzero validation with appropriate
inputs, or perform an explicit inference comparison, and retain the existing
failure path so onnx.save only runs after output equivalence is confirmed.
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| // Fan per-chunk fbank out across a pool of CPU sessions. | ||
| // fbank is otherwise ~76% of CUDA E2E wall time (intra-op threads don't scale it). | ||
| if audios.len() > 1 && !self.ort.split_fbank_pool.is_empty() { | ||
| let window_samples = self.meta.window_samples; | ||
| let pool = &mut self.ort.split_fbank_pool; | ||
| let per_worker = audios.len().div_ceil(pool.len()); | ||
| let mut collected: Vec<Option<Vec<Array2<f32>>>> = Vec::new(); | ||
| collected.resize_with(pool.len(), || None); | ||
| std::thread::scope(|scope| { | ||
| let mut handles = Vec::new(); | ||
| for (worker_idx, session) in pool.iter_mut().enumerate() { | ||
| let start = worker_idx * per_worker; | ||
| if start >= audios.len() { | ||
| break; | ||
| } | ||
| let end = (start + per_worker).min(audios.len()); | ||
| let slice = &audios[start..end]; | ||
| handles.push(( | ||
| worker_idx, | ||
| scope.spawn(move || -> Result<Vec<Array2<f32>>, ort::Error> { | ||
| slice | ||
| .iter() | ||
| .map(|audio| fbank_via_session(session, audio, window_samples)) | ||
| .collect() | ||
| }), | ||
| )); | ||
| } | ||
| for (worker_idx, handle) in handles { | ||
| let vals = handle | ||
| .join() | ||
| .map_err(|_| ort::Error::new("fbank pool worker panicked"))??; | ||
| collected[worker_idx] = Some(vals); | ||
| } | ||
| Ok::<(), ort::Error>(()) | ||
| })?; | ||
| return Ok(collected.into_iter().flatten().flatten().collect()); | ||
| } |
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Keep CoreML batch fbank on CoreML.
At Line 63, this branch selects the CPU ORT pool before try_push_native_fbank_batch at Lines 124-127. For ExecutionMode::CoreMl and ExecutionMode::CoreMlFast, every multi-audio call then bypasses native CoreML fbank execution. Exclude CoreML modes from this branch, or run the native batch path before pool dispatch.
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In `@src/inference/embedding/fbank.rs` around lines 61 - 97, Update the
pool-dispatch condition in the fbank inference method so ExecutionMode::CoreMl
and ExecutionMode::CoreMlFast do not enter the split_fbank_pool branch; preserve
native CoreML batch handling through try_push_native_fbank_batch before any CPU
fallback, while leaving non-CoreML pool behavior unchanged.
| let threads = std::env::var("SPEAKRS_FBANK_THREADS") | ||
| .ok() | ||
| .and_then(|v| v.parse::<usize>().ok()) | ||
| .unwrap_or_else(|| { | ||
| std::thread::available_parallelism() | ||
| .map(|count| count.get().min(4)) | ||
| .unwrap_or(1) | ||
| }); |
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For the repository's locked ortversion, what doesSessionBuilder::with_intra_threads(0) configure in ONNX Runtime? Does it select the default thread count?
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In the ort crate, SessionBuilder::with_intra_threads(0) configures the ONNX Runtime session to use its default intra-op thread count behavior [1][2]. Yes, setting the value to 0 selects the default thread count [3][4]. In ONNX Runtime, a value of 0 instructs the runtime to automatically determine the number of threads to use for parallelizing computation within operators (intra-op parallelism) [3][4][5]. According to official ONNX Runtime documentation, the default behavior (when set to 0 or not specified) typically results in the runtime utilizing a number of threads equal to the number of physical CPU cores on the system [3][6]. Furthermore, using this default setting enables certain thread affinitization optimizations, where the runtime attempts to pin threads to specific physical cores to improve performance [3][6]. If you explicitly set this value to 1, the runtime will typically restrict execution to the main thread (i.e., it will not create a thread pool for intra-op parallelism) [4][5]. Note: If your version of ONNX Runtime was built with OpenMP, this setting may have no effect on the thread count, as OpenMP typically manages its own threading, often controlled via the OMP_NUM_THREADS environment variable [1][2].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.rs/ort/latest/ort/session/builder/struct.SessionBuilder.html
- 2: https://docs.rs/ort/latest/wasm32-unknown-unknown/ort/session/builder/struct.SessionBuilder.html
- 3: https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/performance/tune-performance/threading.html
- 4: https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/api/csharp/api/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.OrtThreadingOptions.html
- 5: https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime/blob/master/onnxruntime/core/util/thread_utils.h
- 6: https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime/blob/gh-pages/docs/performance/tune-performance/threading.md
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In the ort crate version 2.0.0-rc.12, the SessionBuilder::with_intra_threads(num_threads: usize) method is used to configure the number of threads for parallelizing execution within nodes [1][2]. Regarding the behavior of this setting: - When using the default ONNX Runtime prebuilt binaries (which are often compiled with OpenMP support), this method may have no effect because OpenMP manages its own thread pool [1][2]. In such cases, the thread count should be controlled via the OMP_NUM_THREADS environment variable [1][2]. - If you are configuring a GlobalThreadPoolOptions object, a value of 0 is explicitly documented to use the default thread count (typically determined by the system's logical core count) [3][4]. For SessionBuilder specifically, passing a non-zero value to with_intra_threads explicitly sets the requested number of threads for intra-op parallelism [1][2]. If not explicitly set, the underlying ONNX Runtime behavior follows its default internal policies. Note that for versions including 2.0.0-rc.12, the API has undergone changes where methods like with_intra_threads now return a different error type than in previous versions [5].
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- 1: https://docs.rs/ort/latest/ort/session/builder/struct.SessionBuilder.html
- 2: https://docs.rs/ort/latest/wasm32-unknown-unknown/ort/session/builder/struct.SessionBuilder.html
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The function with_intra_threads is a method provided by the SessionBuilder struct in the ort Rust crate, which serves as a wrapper for the ONNX Runtime [1][2]. Usage This method is used to configure the number of threads that the ONNX Runtime session should use for intra-op parallelism [2]. By specifying a number of threads (e.g.,.with_intra_threads(4)?), you control how many threads the engine employs to parallelize the execution of individual operators within the model [2][3]. Context regarding 2.0.0-rc.12 The ort crate has undergone significant development. While version 2.0.0-rc.12 is a specific pre-release version, the with_intra_threads method has been a standard feature in the SessionBuilder API across multiple versions of the library [1][2][3]. If you are encountering issues with this method in a specific release candidate: 1. Verify the crate version: Ensure your Cargo.toml is correctly specifying =2.0.0-rc.12 if that is the intended version [1]. 2. Method availability: If the compiler reports the method is not found, verify that you are initializing the session through the Session::builder flow, as this is where the method is defined [4][2]. 3. Dependency/Feature flags: Ensure that necessary features for the ort crate are enabled in your Cargo.toml, as some functionality or optimizations may depend on specific build configurations [5]. If you are seeing compilation errors related to this method, it is often due to an incorrect build flow or a breaking change in the API between versions. Always refer to the official documentation or the repository's examples for the specific version you are using [2][3].
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- 1: Bug Report: [Error] When Building Docker img:
ld returned 1 exit statuspykeio/ort#309 - 2: https://github.com/pykeio/ort/blob/main/docs/content/index.mdx
- 3: Performance Problem for Sentence Embeddings pykeio/ort#365
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In ONNX Runtime, setting the intra-op thread count to 0 via OrtSessionOptionsSetIntraOpNumThreads (or the equivalent API in other language bindings) instructs the engine to use a default thread count rather than explicitly limiting it to a specific integer [1][2][3]. When this value is set to 0 (which is also the default behavior when the option is not explicitly configured), ONNX Runtime typically configures the thread pool size based on the available hardware, often targeting the number of physical CPU cores [1][4]. Specifically, for intra-op threading (parallelizing computation inside each operator), this default behavior allows the engine to create an appropriate number of threads and may also enable thread affinitization to improve performance on many systems [1]. In summary: - 0 value: Indicates that ONNX Runtime should automatically determine the optimal number of threads (the default) [1][2][5]. - 1 value: Instructs the engine not to create an additional thread pool, effectively running on the calling thread [4]. - n > 1: Creates a thread pool with exactly n threads [4]. Because the default (0) leverages internal heuristics to maximize hardware utilization, it is generally recommended unless specific performance tuning requires restricting thread usage to avoid contention or to meet power/resource constraints [1].
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- 1: https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/performance/tune-performance/threading.html
- 2: https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/api/csharp/api/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.SessionOptions.html
- 3: [C++] How to limit the cpu num to 1 microsoft/onnxruntime#2177
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Reject a zero SPEAKRS_FBANK_THREADS override.
parse::<usize>() accepts 0, and ort 2.0.0-rc.12 forwards it to ONNX Runtime. A zero intra-op setting selects runtime-managed threading, not one thread. With with_independent_thread_pool(), multiple fbank sessions can oversubscribe the host. Reject 0 or map it to 1.
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In `@src/inference/embedding/session.rs` around lines 67 - 74, Update the
SPEAKRS_FBANK_THREADS parsing in the threads initialization to reject a parsed
value of 0 or map it to 1, ensuring the ONNX Runtime intra-op setting is always
at least one thread while preserving the existing fallback behavior.
The blocked pairwise-distance computation spawned one OS thread per 1024-row block inside a single `std::thread::scope`, so the concurrent thread count scaled with meeting length rather than with the machine (n=21k => 21 threads, each additionally driving a multi-threaded BLAS `dot`). On low-core or shared hosts that oversubscribes, and every block's Gram scratch stayed live until the whole scope joined. Blocks are now pulled from a shared queue by a bounded worker pool, so peak concurrency and peak scratch memory scale with core count. The default is `available_parallelism()` capped at 8, overridable with `SPEAKRS_AHC_THREADS` (same env-override convention as `SPEAKRS_FBANK_THREADS`/`SPEAKRS_FBANK_POOL`). The block math is unchanged, so output is bit-identical for any worker count; a new unit test asserts that across worker counts 1/2/3/8/64. Raised by the Greptile review on avencera#15.
The `split_fbank_pool` was keyed only on split-backend availability with no execution-mode gate, so it was also built under `ExecutionMode::CoreMl` and `CoreMlFast`. `compute_chunk_fbanks_batch` takes the pool branch whenever the pool is non-empty, which early-returns before the native batched CoreML fbank path is ever reached — so every multi-chunk request under CoreML silently ran fbank on CPU sessions. Gating construction (rather than usage) also avoids loading 1-8 unused CPU ORT sessions at init under CoreML. The CUDA path is unaffected: it still builds and uses the pool exactly as before. Reported by the Greptile review on avencera#15.
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Thanks for the automated review — I dug into both points. One was overstated but pointed at a real adjacent issue, and one was a genuine regression. Both are now fixed in two new commits on top of the branch (a82f09d, 0c4cdbb); nothing existing was rewritten. Claim 1 — AHC/pdist memory: overstated, but there was a real thread-count bugThe memory claim doesn't hold up as stated. The blocked pdist allocates the condensed vector up front (that's the dominant, pre-existing allocation: 882 MB at n=21k) and each block's Gram scratch is transient. Measured peak for the whole clustering stage at n=21k is ~1.8 GB — bounded, not a blowup, and the same order as the pre-existing condensed vector itself. What the review did correctly point at is the scheduling: the old code spawned one OS thread per 1024-row block in a single The block math is untouched, so output is bit-identical for any worker count — there's a new unit test asserting exactly that ( Measured on a 2h32m concatenated AMI meeting (EN2002a-d, n=10,830 filtered embeddings → 11 blocks), RTX A6000, CUDA mode:
So the cap costs nothing — on a busy host it's slightly faster than the unbounded version, and the speedup this PR is about is fully intact. RTTM output is byte-identical across all three (and vs. the pre-change binary) on both this file and a 10-minute single-speaker-pair file. Claim 2 — CPU fbank pool overriding CoreML: confirmed, thanks for catching itThis one was a real regression and a good catch. Fixed in 0c4cdbb by gating construction ( Verification
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In `@src/inference/embedding/load/sessions.rs`:
- Around line 242-258: Update the embedding model initialization timing around
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CoreML verification on real Apple Silicon hardwareFollowing up on the two review fixes with results from an actual Apple Silicon box, since the CoreML change could only be verified by inspection on our Linux/CUDA machine. Hardware: Mac Studio ( 1.
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| unset (default cap) | 269 | 468 | 095758c2… |
| 1 | 196 | 556 | 095758c2… |
| 4 | 243 | 450 | 095758c2… |
Output is bit-identical across all three thread counts on real data, matching the unit test added in the patch. At this n the blocked pdist is only ~200–270 ms, so thread count is not perf-critical here — the point of the change is bounding the pool, and that holds.
2. CoreML fbank-pool gating — with a correction to my earlier framing
The fix is correct and I'm keeping it, but the Mac testing showed my original description of the bug was overstated, so I want to put the accurate version on the record rather than let the stronger claim stand.
I originally described the CPU fbank pool as shadowing CoreML's native batched fbank path. The shadowing mechanism is real in the code — compute_chunk_fbanks_batch takes the pool branch and returns early (fbank.rs:65) before ever reaching try_push_native_fbank_batch (fbank.rs:127). But tracing the actual dispatch shows that with a complete CoreML model set, compute_chunk_fbanks_batch is never reached at all:
run_inferencetriestry_chunk_embeddingfirst (CoreML-only), which succeeds wheneverwespeaker-chunk-emb-*.mlmodelcare present and the audio is at least one window long.- That path uses the native 30s fbank model (
Loaded 30s fbank model (CPUAndNeuralEngine)in the logs), not the batch path. compute_chunk_fbanks_batchis only called from the multi-mask concurrent path, which is the fallback when chunk embedding is unavailable.
So in practice, pre-fix, the pool was constructed-but-unused dead weight in CoreML mode (N unused CPU ORT sessions loaded at startup), not an active correctness shadow. Reaching the shadow would additionally require no wespeaker-chunk-emb-*.mlmodelc present while keeping the multimask b32 model.
Measured A/B, fixed vs. a build with only the && !mode.is_coreml() guard reverted, same machine, same models, interleaved A/B/A/B to control for warm-cache order effects:
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| steady-state, 3-min clip | 0.74–0.83 s | 0.74–0.82 s |
prep_fbank_ms |
25–31 | 25–29 |
| peak RSS | 444 / 468 MB | 431 / 443 MB |
| karpathy 66.5-min | 6.02 s | 6.01 s |
| longform 2h03m | 10.24 s | 10.25 s |
RTTM output bit-identical between fixed and pre-fix on both real files.
Worth noting: a first-run-only comparison initially showed the pre-fix build 35% faster (1.09 s vs 1.68 s). That was entirely warm-cache/order artifact and disappeared under interleaving — flagging it because it would have been an easy wrong conclusion to publish in either direction.
So: the gate is a correctness-hardening and startup-cost change, not a throughput win on the default CoreML model set. It stops CoreML builds loading CPU ORT sessions they can never execute, and closes off the shadowing path for model sets that would reach it.
3. CoreML throughput on the two real files
--mode coreml, full fixtures model set, /usr/bin/time -l for peak RSS:
| file | duration | run 0 | run 1 | RTF (run 1) | speakers | segments | peak RSS |
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| karpathy_66min | 66.5 min | 10.17 s | 6.02 s | 662.8x | 2 | 708 | 3.80 GB |
| longform_2h | 2h03m | 10.93 s | 10.24 s | 724.2x | 3 | 2573 | 4.33 GB |
Run 0 includes model load; run 1 is steady-state on a warm engine.
These are not comparable to the CUDA numbers in this PR — different hardware, different harness, and materially different pipeline (the CoreML path uses chunk embedding + native 30s fbank, where CUDA uses the multi-mask concurrent path). I'm reporting them as a standalone datapoint that the CoreML backend is healthy with these patches applied, not as a cross-backend comparison.
cargo fmt --check flags this line in the test added earlier in this series. No behaviour change.
… pool without setenv The fbank session pool added earlier in this series is sized only from SPEAKRS_FBANK_POOL. That is fine for the CLI, but an embedding host cannot always use it: setenv is not thread-safe, so a caller that loads models lazily or loads several execution modes concurrently has no safe moment to set it. Setting it before the first load and hoping no other thread is running is the only option today, and that stops being true as soon as a second model loads. RuntimeConfig::fbank_pool makes the pool size an ordinary configuration value. None keeps exactly the current behaviour, environment override first and the cores/4 clamp otherwise, so nothing changes for existing callers. Some(n) sizes the pool directly and never reads the environment. Some(0) falls back to the single fbank session. Also adds a debug log of the chosen size, which was previously only inferable from process memory, and drops the now-unneeded let _ = config in the non-CoreML build since config is read on every path.
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In `@src/inference/embedding/load/sessions.rs`:
- Around line 257-258: Update fbank session routing so a pool size of
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Keep the batched fbank path for a one-session configuration.
When automatic sizing returns 1, or the caller sets Some(1), this code creates a non-empty pool. src/inference/embedding/fbank.rs then selects the pool path for multi-audio requests and processes each audio sequentially, bypassing split_fbank_batched_session. This can regress full-batch extraction on low-core hosts.
Use the batched path when the pool has only one session, or require more than one session before selecting the pool path.
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In `@src/inference/embedding/load/sessions.rs` around lines 257 - 258, Update
fbank session routing so a pool size of one—whether returned by
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Thank you for the original performance work. The split let us adapt each part to the current ownership and configuration model. |
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Part of the patch series introduced in #7.
Cover letter = consolidated table (quiet-machine re-bench, GPU 0 / RTX A6000, confirmed idle 0% util before/throughout, no contending compute), Karpathy 66.5-min file, median of 3 runs each, built per-branch off upstream tip
b0756b1:master@b0756b1 (stock)perf/vbx-vectorize-pdist-blocks@5239269perf/fbank-session-pool@26a8756feat/export-folded-segmentation@a700aebperf/cuda-pipeline-series@7687da7fbank-pool dominates the combined gain almost entirely; VBx and folded-seg each contribute far less in isolation on this 2-speaker file than an earlier internal measurement (on a different, 8-speaker 4.7h file) implied — clustering is a much smaller fraction of wall time with fewer speakers, so an 8x speedup on that sub-stage barely shows up here. All three patched variants are RTTM-bit-identical to stock on this file.
One commit per change so any piece can be dropped/reworked independently:
1f4a076— vectorize VBx and thread the AHC pdist (output-identical)90200c1— parallel fbank: CPU session pool + intra-op thread override7687da7— constant-fold the exported segmentation graphsEnv-var knobs (
SPEAKRS_FBANK_THREADS,SPEAKRS_FBANK_POOL) are the smallest surface — happy to move intoRuntimeConfigif you'd prefer that shape.We're running this patch set (combined with the shared-sessions and exclusive-diarization fixes from the other PRs in this series) in production as the diarization engine for an open-source transcription app (OpenTranscribe) — happy to share more detail on real-world usage if useful for review context.
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