Implement a cache for cpu_info

Fixes #349

This provides a fix for #349

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Author: FrancescAlted

src/blosc2/core.py

@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 import copy
 import ctypes
 import ctypes.util
+import json
 import math
 import os
 import pathlib
 import pickle
 import platform
 import sys
 from dataclasses import asdict
+from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import cpuinfo
@@ -1149,22 +1151,37 @@ def linux_cache_size(cache_level: int, default_size: int) -> int:
     return cache_size
 
 
-def get_cpu_info():
-    cpu_info = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info()
-    # cpuinfo does not correctly retrieve the cache sizes for Apple Silicon, so do it manually
-    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
-        cpu_info["l1_data_cache_size"] = apple_silicon_cache_size(1)
-        cpu_info["l2_cache_size"] = apple_silicon_cache_size(2)
-        cpu_info["l3_cache_size"] = apple_silicon_cache_size(3)
-    # cpuinfo does not correctly retrieve the cache sizes for all CPUs on Linux, so ask the kernel
-    if platform.system() == "Linux":
-        l1_data_cache_size = cpu_info.get("l1_data_cache_size", 32 * 1024)
-        cpu_info["l1_data_cache_size"] = linux_cache_size(1, l1_data_cache_size)
-        l2_cache_size = cpu_info.get("l2_cache_size", 256 * 1024)
-        cpu_info["l2_cache_size"] = linux_cache_size(2, l2_cache_size)
-        l3_cache_size = cpu_info.get("l3_cache_size", 1024 * 1024)
-        cpu_info["l3_cache_size"] = linux_cache_size(3, l3_cache_size)
-    return cpu_info
+def write_cached_cpu_info(cpu_info_dict: dict[str, any]) -> None:
+    with open(Path.home() / '.blosc2-cpuinfo.json', 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(cpu_info_dict, f, indent=4)
+
+
+def read_cached_cpu_info() -> dict:
+    try:
+        with open(Path.home() / '.blosc2-cpuinfo.json', 'r') as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return {}
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def get_cpu_info() -> dict:
+    cached_info = read_cached_cpu_info()
+    if cached_info:
+        return cached_info
+
+    try:
+        import cpuinfo
+    except ImportError:
+        return {}
+    cpu_info_dict = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info()
+    try:
+        write_cached_cpu_info(cpu_info_dict)
+    except IOError:
+        # cpu info cannot be stored.
+        # will need to be recomputed in the next process
+        pass
+    return cpu_info_dict
 
 
 def get_blocksize() -> int:

tests/test_cpu_info_cache.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import json
+import os
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch, mock_open
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from blosc2.core import write_cached_cpu_info, read_cached_cpu_info, get_cpu_info
+
+
+class TestCpuInfoCache(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @patch("builtins.open", new_callable=mock_open)
+    def test_write_cached_cpu_info(self, mock_file):
+        cpu_info_dict = {"brand": "Intel", "arch": "x86_64"}
+        write_cached_cpu_info(cpu_info_dict)
+        mock_file.assert_called_once_with(Path.home() / '.blosc2-cpuinfo.json', 'w')
+        mock_file().write.assert_called_once_with(json.dumps(cpu_info_dict, indent=4))
+
+    @patch("builtins.open", new_callable=mock_open, read_data='{"brand": "Intel", "arch": "x86_64"}')
+    def test_read_cached_cpu_info(self, mock_file):
+        expected_cpu_info = {"brand": "Intel", "arch": "x86_64"}
+        cpu_info = read_cached_cpu_info()
+        mock_file.assert_called_once_with(Path.home() / '.blosc2-cpuinfo.json', 'r')
+        self.assertEqual(cpu_info, expected_cpu_info)
+
+    @patch("blosc2.core.read_cached_cpu_info", return_value={"brand": "Intel", "arch": "x86_64"})
+    def test_get_cpu_info_cached(self, mock_read_cached_cpu_info):
+        expected_cpu_info = {"brand": "Intel", "arch": "x86_64"}
+        cpu_info = get_cpu_info()
+        mock_read_cached_cpu_info.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(cpu_info, expected_cpu_info)
+
+    @patch("blosc2.core.read_cached_cpu_info", return_value={})
+    @patch("blosc2.core.write_cached_cpu_info")
+    @patch("blosc2.core.cpuinfo.get_cpu_info", return_value={"brand": "Intel", "arch": "x86_64"})
+    def test_get_cpu_info_not_cached(self, mock_get_cpu_info, mock_write_cached_cpu_info, mock_read_cached_cpu_info):
+        expected_cpu_info = {"brand": "Intel", "arch": "x86_64"}
+        cpu_info = get_cpu_info()
+        mock_read_cached_cpu_info.assert_called_once()
+        mock_get_cpu_info.assert_called_once()
+        mock_write_cached_cpu_info.assert_called_once_with(expected_cpu_info)
+        self.assertEqual(cpu_info, expected_cpu_info)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()