#Brian Refsdal's parallel_map, from astropython.org #Not sure what license this is released under, but until I know better: # #Copyright (c) 2010, Brian Refsdal #All rights reserved. # #Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without #modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are #met: # #1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright #notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # #2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright #notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the #documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # #3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote #products derived from this software without specific prior written #permission. # #THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS #"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT #LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR #A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT #HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, #SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT #LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, #DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY #THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT #(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE #OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. from __future__ import print_function import numpy _multi=False _ncpus=1 try: # May raise ImportError import multiprocessing _multi=True # May raise NotImplementedError _ncpus = multiprocessing.cpu_count() except: pass __all__ = ('parallel_map',) def worker(f, ii, chunk, out_q, err_q, lock): """ A worker function that maps an input function over a slice of the input iterable. :param f : callable function that accepts argument from iterable :param ii : process ID :param chunk: slice of input iterable :param out_q: thread-safe output queue :param err_q: thread-safe queue to populate on exception :param lock : thread-safe lock to protect a resource ( useful in extending parallel_map() ) """ vals = [] # iterate over slice for val in chunk: try: result = f(val) except Exception as e: err_q.put(e) return vals.append(result) # output the result and task ID to output queue out_q.put( (ii, vals) ) def run_tasks(procs, err_q, out_q, num): """ A function that executes populated processes and processes the resultant array. Checks error queue for any exceptions. :param procs: list of Process objects :param out_q: thread-safe output queue :param err_q: thread-safe queue to populate on exception :param num : length of resultant array """ # function to terminate processes that are still running. die = (lambda vals : [val.terminate() for val in vals if val.exitcode is None]) try: for proc in procs: proc.start() for proc in procs: proc.join() except Exception as e: # kill all slave processes on ctrl-C try: die(procs) finally: raise e if not err_q.empty(): # kill all on any exception from any one slave try: die(procs) finally: raise err_q.get() # Processes finish in arbitrary order. Process IDs double # as index in the resultant array. results=[None]*num; while not out_q.empty(): idx, result = out_q.get() results[idx] = result # Remove extra dimension added by array_split return list(numpy.concatenate(results)) def parallel_map(function, sequence, numcores=None): """ A parallelized version of the native Python map function that utilizes the Python multiprocessing module to divide and conquer sequence. parallel_map does not yet support multiple argument sequences. :param function: callable function that accepts argument from iterable :param sequence: iterable sequence :param numcores: number of cores to use """ if not callable(function): raise TypeError("input function '%s' is not callable" % repr(function)) if not numpy.iterable(sequence): raise TypeError("input '%s' is not iterable" % repr(sequence)) size = len(sequence) if not _multi or size == 1: return map(function, sequence) if numcores is None: numcores = _ncpus # Returns a started SyncManager object which can be used for sharing # objects between processes. The returned manager object corresponds # to a spawned child process and has methods which will create shared # objects and return corresponding proxies. manager = multiprocessing.Manager() # Create FIFO queue and lock shared objects and return proxies to them. # The managers handles a server process that manages shared objects that # each slave process has access to. Bottom line -- thread-safe. out_q = manager.Queue() err_q = manager.Queue() lock = manager.Lock() # if sequence is less than numcores, only use len sequence number of # processes if size < numcores: numcores = size # group sequence into numcores-worth of chunks sequence = numpy.array_split(sequence, numcores) procs = [multiprocessing.Process(target=worker, args=(function, ii, chunk, out_q, err_q, lock)) for ii, chunk in enumerate(sequence)] return run_tasks(procs, err_q, out_q, numcores) if __name__ == "__main__": """ Unit test of parallel_map() Create an arbitrary length list of references to a single matrix containing random floats and compute the eigenvals in serial and parallel. Compare the results and timings. """ import time numtasks = 5 #size = (1024,1024) size = (512,512) vals = numpy.random.rand(*size) f = numpy.linalg.eigvals iterable = [vals]*numtasks print ('Running numpy.linalg.eigvals %iX on matrix size [%i,%i]' % (numtasks,size[0],size[1])) tt = time.time() presult = parallel_map(f, iterable) print('parallel map in %g secs' % (time.time()-tt)) tt = time.time() result = map(f, iterable) print('serial map in %g secs' % (time.time()-tt)) assert (numpy.asarray(result) == numpy.asarray(presult)).all()