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swaitsandClaude Opus 4.6 adb0db7ee5 perf: major encode/decode optimization via const copy_from_slice and batch zero fill
Encode: rewrite to two-pass (scan + copy_from_slice) leveraging Rust 1.93's
const fn copy_from_slice for memcpy at runtime while keeping const fn encode.
Sub-slice scan pattern helps LLVM eliminate bounds checks. Added zero byte
fast path for all-zeros workloads. Now leads corncobs on nonzero/mixed encode.

Decode: batch consecutive 0x01 codes (all-zeros data) and fill zeros via
memset instead of per-byte loop. Decode zeros throughput jumps from ~1.2 GB/s
to ~4.6 GB/s, now 3x faster than corncobs on that workload.

Bump MSRV 1.83 → 1.93 for const copy_from_slice.
Update dev-deps: cobs 0.3→0.5, criterion 0.5→0.8, rand 0.8→0.10.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-30 23:00:33 -06:00

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use std::hint::black_box;
use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion, Throughput};
// ── Test payloads ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
fn payload_zeros(len: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
vec![0u8; len]
}
fn payload_nonzero(len: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
(0..len).map(|i| (i % 255 + 1) as u8).collect()
}
fn payload_mixed(len: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
(0..len).map(|i| (i % 256) as u8).collect()
}
// ── ucobs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
fn ucobs_encode(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; ucobs::max_encoded_len(data.len()) + 1];
let n = ucobs::encode(data, &mut buf).unwrap();
buf.truncate(n);
buf
}
fn ucobs_decode(encoded: &[u8], out: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
ucobs::decode(encoded, out).unwrap()
}
// ── corncobs ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
fn corncobs_encode(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; corncobs::max_encoded_len(data.len())];
let n = corncobs::encode_buf(data, &mut buf);
buf.truncate(n);
buf
}
fn corncobs_decode(encoded: &[u8], out: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
// corncobs expects trailing sentinel
corncobs::decode_buf(encoded, out).unwrap()
}
// ── cobs crate ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
fn cobs_encode(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; cobs::max_encoding_length(data.len())];
let n = cobs::encode(data, &mut buf);
buf.truncate(n);
buf
}
fn cobs_decode(encoded: &[u8], out: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
// The cobs crate returns DecodeReport on success or Err(EmptyFrame)
// for empty input. We extract parsed_size, treating errors as 0.
cobs::decode(encoded, out)
.map(|report| report.parsed_size())
.unwrap_or(0)
}
// ── Benchmarks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
const SIZES: &[usize] = &[0, 1, 10, 64, 254, 255, 256, 1024, 4096];
fn bench_encode(c: &mut Criterion) {
let payloads: Vec<(&str, Box<dyn Fn(usize) -> Vec<u8>>)> = vec![
("zeros", Box::new(payload_zeros)),
("nonzero", Box::new(payload_nonzero)),
("mixed", Box::new(payload_mixed)),
];
for (name, make) in &payloads {
let mut group = c.benchmark_group(format!("encode/{name}"));
for &size in SIZES {
let data = make(size);
group.throughput(Throughput::Bytes(size as u64));
group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("ucobs", size), &data, |b, d| {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; ucobs::max_encoded_len(d.len()) + 1];
b.iter(|| {
black_box(ucobs::encode(black_box(d), &mut buf).unwrap());
});
});
group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("corncobs", size), &data, |b, d| {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; corncobs::max_encoded_len(d.len())];
b.iter(|| {
black_box(corncobs::encode_buf(black_box(d), &mut buf));
});
});
group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("cobs", size), &data, |b, d| {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; cobs::max_encoding_length(d.len())];
b.iter(|| {
black_box(cobs::encode(black_box(d), &mut buf));
});
});
}
group.finish();
}
}
fn bench_decode(c: &mut Criterion) {
let payloads: Vec<(&str, Box<dyn Fn(usize) -> Vec<u8>>)> = vec![
("zeros", Box::new(payload_zeros)),
("nonzero", Box::new(payload_nonzero)),
("mixed", Box::new(payload_mixed)),
];
for (name, make) in &payloads {
let mut group = c.benchmark_group(format!("decode/{name}"));
for &size in SIZES {
let data = make(size);
let ucobs_enc = ucobs_encode(&data);
// corncobs expects sentinel in encoded form
let corncobs_enc = corncobs_encode(&data);
let cobs_enc = cobs_encode(&data);
group.throughput(Throughput::Bytes(size as u64));
group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("ucobs", size), &ucobs_enc, |b, enc| {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; size + 1];
b.iter(|| {
black_box(ucobs_decode(black_box(enc), &mut buf));
});
});
group.bench_with_input(
BenchmarkId::new("corncobs", size),
&corncobs_enc,
|b, enc| {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; size + 1];
b.iter(|| {
black_box(corncobs_decode(black_box(enc), &mut buf));
});
},
);
group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("cobs", size), &cobs_enc, |b, enc| {
let mut buf = vec![0u8; size + 1];
b.iter(|| {
black_box(cobs_decode(black_box(enc), &mut buf));
});
});
}
group.finish();
}
}
criterion_group!(benches, bench_encode, bench_decode);
criterion_main!(benches);