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Add a benchmark/example for numexpr usage under free-threading conditions #508

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@andfoy andfoy commented Mar 27, 2025

Fixes #503

@@ -1009,5 +1005,5 @@ def re_evaluate(local_dict: Optional[Dict] = None,
argnames = _numexpr_last.l['argnames']
args = getArguments(argnames, local_dict, global_dict, _frame_depth=_frame_depth)
kwargs = _numexpr_last.l['kwargs']
with evaluate_lock:
return compiled_ex(*args, **kwargs)
# with evaluate_lock:
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@FrancescAlted, it seems that this lock is a performance bottleneck when multiple threads are ran in parallel, is it necessary?

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With the lock:

Benchmarking Expression 1:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 3.276298 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 9.975059 seconds
numexpr speedup: 0.33x
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Benchmarking Expression 2:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 18.981946 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 50.327974 seconds
numexpr speedup: 0.38x
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Benchmarking Expression 3:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 20.414158 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 70.900648 seconds
numexpr speedup: 0.29x
----------------------------------------
Benchmarking Expression 4:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 38.012808 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 160.476216 seconds
numexpr speedup: 0.24x
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Without locking:

Benchmarking Expression 1:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 3.415349 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 2.618876 seconds
numexpr speedup: 1.30x
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Benchmarking Expression 2:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 19.005238 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 12.611407 seconds
numexpr speedup: 1.51x
----------------------------------------
Benchmarking Expression 3:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 20.555149 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 17.690749 seconds
numexpr speedup: 1.16x
----------------------------------------
Benchmarking Expression 4:
NumPy time (threaded over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 38.338372 seconds
numexpr time (threaded with re_evaluate over 32 chunks with 16 threads): 35.074684 seconds
numexpr speedup: 1.09x
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Support free-threaded Python 3.13
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