tensorflow/core/kernels/data/prefetch_autotuner.h

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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_CORE_KERNELS_DATA_PREFETCH_AUTOTUNER_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_CORE_KERNELS_DATA_PREFETCH_AUTOTUNER_H_

#include "tensorflow/core/platform/types.h"

namespace tensorflow {
namespace data {

// PrefetchAutotuner dynamically adjusts the buffer size of a prefetch iterator.
//
// PrefetchAutotuner attempts to find the minimum buffer size such that there is
// always at least 1 element in the prefetch queue every time the downstream
// iterator calls GetNext().
//
// One common failure mode of input pipelines is being throughput bound. No
// amount of prefetching can address that performance mode. In order to guard
// against this condition, PrefetchAutotuner will only increase the buffer_limit
// if the prefetching thread is able to successfully fill the buffer at its
// current size.
//
// Note: in the current implementation, we never decrease the buffer_limit().
// This should change in the future!
//
// PrefetchAutotuner is NOT thread safe.
class PrefetchAutotuner {
 public:
  explicit PrefetchAutotuner(int64 initial_buffer_size);

  int64 buffer_limit() const { return buffer_limit_; }

  void RecordConsumption(size_t current_buffer_size);
  void RecordEmpty() { RecordConsumption(0); }

 private:
  // PrefetchAutotuner operates as a state machine.
  enum class Mode {
    // Disables the autotuning.
    kDisabled,

    // We have increased the size of the buffer, and will transition to
    // kDownswing if we successfully fill the buffer.
    kUpswing,

    // We have successfully filled a buffer of this size. If we ever block the
    // downstream iterator, we should increase the buffer size.
    kDownswing,
  };

  int64 buffer_limit_;
  Mode mode_ = Mode::kDisabled;
};

}  // namespace data
}  // namespace tensorflow

#endif  // TENSORFLOW_CORE_KERNELS_DATA_PREFETCH_AUTOTUNER_H_