minor changes based on uxlfoundation#2206, suggestions

Author: icfaust

sklearnex/utils/tests/test_validation.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ==============================================================================
-# Copyright 2024 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright 2024 UXL Foundation Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

sklearnex/utils/validation.py

@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ def _onedal_supported_format(X, xp=None):
         # _onedal_supported_format is therefore conservative in verifying attributes and
         # does not support array_api. This will block onedal_assert_all_finite from being
         # used for array_api inputs but will allow dpnp ndarrays and dpctl tensors.
-        return X.dtype in [xp.float32, xp.float64] and hasattr(X, "flags")
+        # only check contiguous arrays to prevent unnecessary copying of data, even if
+        # non-contiguous arrays can now be converted to oneDAL tables.
+        return (
+            X.dtype in [xp.float32, xp.float64]
+            and hasattr(X, "flags")
+            and (X.flags["C_CONTIGUOUS"] or X.flags["F_CONTIGUOUS"])
+        )
 
 else:
     from daal4py.utils.validation import _assert_all_finite as _onedal_assert_all_finite
@@ -108,14 +114,37 @@ def validate_data(
         y=y,
         **kwargs,
     )
+
+    check_x = not isinstance(X, str) or X != "no_validation"
+    check_y = not (y is None or isinstance(y, str) and y == "no_validation")
+
     if ensure_all_finite:
         # run local finite check
         allow_nan = ensure_all_finite == "allow-nan"
         arg = iter(out if isinstance(out, tuple) else (out,))
-        if not isinstance(X, str) or X != "no_validation":
+        if check_x:
             assert_all_finite(next(arg), allow_nan=allow_nan, input_name="X")
-        if not (y is None or isinstance(y, str) and y == "no_validation"):
+        if check_y:
             assert_all_finite(next(arg), allow_nan=allow_nan, input_name="y")
+
+    if check_y and "dtype" in kwargs:
+        # validate_data does not do full dtype conversions, as it uses check_X_y
+        # oneDAL can make tables from [int32, float32, float64], requiring
+        # a dtype check and conversion. This will query the array_namespace and
+        # convert y as necessary. This is done after assert_all_finite, because
+        # int y arrays do not need to finite check, and this will lead to a speedup
+        # in comparison to sklearn
+        dtype = kwargs["dtype"]
+        if not isinstance(dtype, (tuple, list)):
+            dtype = tuple(dtype)
+
+        outx, outy = out if check_x else (None, out)
+        if outy.dtype not in dtype:
+            yp, _ = get_namespace(outy)
+            # use asarray rather than astype because of numpy support
+            outy = yp.asarray(outy, dtype=dtype[0])
+            out = (outx, outy) if check_x else outy
+
     return out