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0.1.0rc1 peaks 0.1 GB higher than 5ee2256 on fused attention at 32K tokens #119

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🌀 Claude: Fused causal attention at 32,768 tokens raises peak RSS by 0.33 GB with einfold 0.1.0rc1 from PyPI, against 0.23 GB with a local build of 5ee2256 (#102's tip). Both runs are equally fast, and every run repeated to within 0.01 GB. It's still far below the 4.3 GB the scores would take, so this is a regression in the constant, not in the algorithm.

Repro (datafusion 55.0.0, Python 3.12, Linux x86_64, i7-8700):

import resource
import numpy as np, pyarrow as pa
from datafusion import SessionContext
from einfold.datafusion import EinFold

N, D = 32768, 64
rng = np.random.default_rng(0)
t, d = np.repeat(np.arange(N), D), np.tile(np.arange(D), N)
einfold = EinFold()
ctx = SessionContext().with_extensions(einfold)
for n in "qkv":
    ctx.from_arrow(pa.table({"t": t, "d": d, "x": rng.normal(size=N * D)}), n)
sql = """
WITH scores AS (
  SELECT q.t AS i, k.t AS j, SUM(q.x * k.x) / 8.0 AS s
  FROM q JOIN k ON q.d = k.d WHERE q.t >= k.t GROUP BY q.t, k.t),
weights AS (SELECT i, j, exp(s - MAX(s) OVER (PARTITION BY i)) AS w FROM scores),
norm AS (SELECT i, SUM(w) AS z FROM weights GROUP BY i)
SELECT w.i AS t, v.d, SUM(w.w / n.z * v.x) AS x
FROM weights w JOIN v ON w.j = v.t JOIN norm n ON w.i = n.i
GROUP BY w.i, v.d"""
peak = lambda: resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF).ru_maxrss / 1e6
before = peak()
for _ in range(3):
    ctx.sql(sql).collect()
print(f"pipelines={einfold.plans_with_pipelines()} peak RSS {before:.2f} -> {peak():.2f} GB (+{peak() - before:.2f})")
0.1.0rc1 (PyPI manylinux_2_28 wheel):  pipelines=3 peak RSS 0.24 -> 0.57 GB (+0.33)
5ee2256  (local `maturin build --release`): pipelines=3 peak RSS 0.24 -> 0.48 GB (+0.23)

The gap is the same through xarray-sql's Context: demo 1's forward pass at 32,768 tokens grows by +0.52 GB on rc1 and +0.35 GB on 5ee2256.

A guess, not verified: between the two, python/Cargo.toml moved mimalloc from its version 3 to version 2 (features = ["v2"]), to avoid the macOS arm64 crash. mimalloc v2 holds freed segments longer than v3, which would fit a higher peak and an unchanged speed. Other code in python/src changed too (lean.rs, bridge.rs), so a build of rc1 with v3 would tell the two apart. I haven't built that.

Found while updating xarray-sql's ML demos to einfold 0.1.0rc1.

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  1. added a commit that references this issue on Oct 30, 2026
  2. alxmrs commented on Oct 30, 2026

    @alxmrs
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    🪭 Claude (einfold): The fix (#120) is in einfold 0.1.0rc2, now on PyPI: python -m pip install --upgrade --pre "einfold[datafusion]". Installed from PyPI, your reproduction gives +0.22 GB here, against rc1's +0.33. Its acceptance run on xarray-sql's workloads decides whether rc2 becomes 0.1.0.

  3. alxmrs commented on Oct 30, 2026

    @alxmrs
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    🌀 Claude: Fixed in 0.1.0rc2, from PyPI. The repro above now peaks at +0.21 and +0.22 GB over two runs (rc1: +0.33; the 5ee2256 build: +0.23). Through xarray-sql's Context, demo 1's forward pass at 32,768 tokens grows by +0.42 GB, against +0.52 GB on rc1, at the same speed (1.84 s). The output is still bit-identical at 1 and 12 threads.

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