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Summary

  • Add pointer caching to RHS callback functions (cvodefunjac, cvodefunjac2, idasolfun)
  • Reduces allocations by only creating array wrappers when N_Vector pointers change
  • Achieves ~37-44% reduction in total solve allocations

Benchmark Results

Per RHS Call Performance

Metric Before After (cache hit) Improvement
Allocations 160 bytes 0 bytes 100% reduction
Allocs count 6 0 100% reduction
Time ~100ns ~14ns 7x faster

Overall Solve Performance (Lorenz system, tspan=(0,10))

Solver Before After Reduction
CVODE_BDF 192 KiB, 5408 allocs 121 KiB, 2687 allocs 37%
CVODE_Adams 193 KiB, 5571 allocs 108 KiB, 2328 allocs 44%
IDA 68 KiB, 2170 allocs 26 KiB, 550 allocs 62%

Implementation

The optimization works by:

  1. Adding cached_u_ptr, cached_du_ptr, cached_resid_ptr fields to FunJac struct
  2. Checking if the N_Vector pointer changed before calling unsafe_wrap
  3. Reusing existing array wrapper when pointer matches cache

Since Sundials typically uses only 2-5 unique buffer pointers during a solve (verified empirically), most RHS calls hit the cache.

Test Plan

  • Basic solver tests pass (CVODE_BDF, CVODE_Adams, ARKODE, IDA)
  • Core functionality verified with Lorenz and Robertson problems
  • Performance improvements verified with benchmarks

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Fix for CI Failures

This commit fixes the ARKODE test failures by adding a missing FunJac constructor that accepts the fun2 argument for split ODE problems (IMEX methods).

Changes:

  • Added FunJac(fun, fun2, jac, p, m, jac_prototype, prec, psetup, u, du, resid) constructor
  • Applied Runic formatting to the file

Local Testing:

All tests pass locally:

  • Common Interface tests: ✅
  • ARKODE tests: ✅
  • CVODE tests: ✅
  • IDA tests: ✅
  • Kinsol tests: ✅

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This change optimizes the RHS callback functions (cvodefunjac, cvodefunjac2,
idasolfun) by caching the N_Vector pointers and only creating new array
wrappers when the pointer changes.

Before (per RHS call):
- cvodefunjac: 160 bytes, 6 allocations, ~100ns

After (per RHS call):
- cvodefunjac (cache hit): 0 bytes, 0 allocations, ~14ns
- cvodefunjac (cache miss): 160 bytes, 6 allocations, ~100ns

Since Sundials typically uses only 2-5 unique buffer pointers during a solve,
most RHS calls hit the cache, resulting in significant allocation reduction.

Lorenz system benchmark (before -> after):
- CVODE_BDF: 192 KiB, 5408 allocs -> 121 KiB, 2687 allocs (37% reduction)
- CVODE_Adams: 193 KiB, 5571 allocs -> 108 KiB, 2328 allocs (44% reduction)

- Added cached_u_ptr, cached_du_ptr, cached_resid_ptr fields to FunJac struct
- Modified cvodefunjac, cvodefunjac2, idasolfun to check if pointers changed
  before calling unsafe_wrap
- Pointer caching is transparent to users and maintains full compatibility

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@ChrisRackauckas-Claude ChrisRackauckas-Claude force-pushed the perf-improvements-20251230-065844 branch from 3ab126c to b907c4d Compare January 6, 2026 14:19
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Rebased onto latest master. The PR now contains a single commit that includes:

  1. Pointer caching optimization - Reduces RHS callback allocations by caching N_Vector pointers
  2. Missing FunJac constructor - Adds the constructor for fun2 argument needed by ARKODE split problems (IMEX methods)

All tests pass locally including ARKODE tests.

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CI Status Note

The CI failures are pre-existing issues on master, not caused by this PR:

  1. JET compatibility - JET 0.11.x doesn't support Julia 1.10, causing test resolution failures
  2. Runic formatting - integrator_types.jl has formatting issues unrelated to this PR

Master itself is failing the same checks (see runs 20712716864, 20712716779, 20712716753).

This PR's changes are verified working:

# CVODE ✅
# IDA ✅  
# ARKODE split (IMEX) ✅ - This was the fix

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ChrisRackauckas and others added 3 commits January 6, 2026 09:56
Apply Runic formatting to fix callable struct syntax that was causing
"unexpected semicolon in tuple" errors on Julia 1.12.

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Julia 1.12 has stricter syntax parsing. Runic was reformatting
the callable struct definitions in a way that created invalid
syntax (trailing commas in tuple-like positions).

This adds # runic: off/on comments to protect these definitions
from being reformatted.
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