Taichi get slower after about 500 loops

[hairuiC]

I got a problem: I need to render over 10 thousand images using taichi. At first 500 loops it's really fast about 3e-5s each image. But after that it get slow. The time is about 0.01~0.02s each loop. The image size is 1024 * 1024 and spp is 32. I'm a starter of taichi and can't figure out the reason. I have tried my program on different GPUs: 2080Ti and 3090. They are facing the same situation.

Any body met this problem and can some body give any advice?

`import random

import taichi as ti
import numpy as np
import argparse
from time import time
from ray_tracing_models import calibration
import math
import torch
import gc
from ray_tracing_models import Ray, Camera, Hittable_list, PI, random_in_unit_sphere, refract, reflect, reflectance, random_unit_vector, Plane, local2world
ti.init(arch=ti.gpu, device_memory_GB=11, device_memory_fraction=1.0)

image_width = 2048
image_height = 2048
canvas = ti.Vector.field(1, dtype=ti.f32, shape=(image_width, image_height))
random_num = 10000
rand_x_z = ti.field(ti.f64, shape=random_num)

sigma = 0.0
_rand_x_z = np.random.normal(loc=0., scale=sigma, size=random_num)
rand_x_z.from_numpy(_rand_x_z)
x_board = [3022, 8002]
y_board = [1172, 9002]
x_rand = np.random.uniform(x_board[0], x_board[1], random_num)
y_rand = np.random.uniform(y_board[0], y_board[1], random_num)
samples_per_pixel = 64
ray_num = samples_per_pixel * image_width * image_height
print(ray_num)
max_depth = 2

@ti.kernel
def render():
for ray_no in range(ray_num):
pixel_n = int(ray_no % (image_width * image_height))
row_num = int(pixel_n / image_width)
col_num = int(pixel_n % image_width)
color = ti.Vector([0.0])
u = (row_num + ti.random()) / image_width
v = (col_num + ti.random()) / image_height
ray = camera.get_ray(u, v)
color = ray_color(ray, ray_no)
color /= samples_per_pixel

    ti.atomic_add(canvas[row_num, col_num],color)

@ti.func
def ray_color(ray, ray_no):
color_buffer = ti.Vector([0.0])
brightness = ti.Vector([1.0])
scattered_origin = ray.origin
scattered_direction = ray.direction
p_RR = 1.0
for n in range(max_depth):
if ti.random() > p_RR:
break
is_hit, hit_point, hit_point_normal, front_face, material, color = scene.hit(Ray(scattered_origin, scattered_direction))
if is_hit:
if material == 0 and front_face:

            color_buffer = color * brightness
            break
        else:
                TBN = local2world(hit_point_normal)
                temp_normal = ti.math.normalize(ti.Vector([rand_x_z[int((ray_no)%random_num)], 1.0, rand_x_z[int((ray_no)%random_num)]]))

                new_normal = TBN@temp_normal
                scattered_direction = ti.math.reflect(scattered_direction, new_normal)
                scattered_origin = hit_point
                brightness *= color

    else:
        color_buffer = ti.Vector([0.8])
return color_buffer

if name == "main":
for i in range(10000):
# rand_x = x_rand[k]
# rand_y = y_rand[k]
# i = 100
random_point_pos = ti.Vector([x_rand[i], y_rand[i]])
sigma_k = sigma
render_part = ti.math.vec4([random_point_pos[0] - 100,
random_point_pos[1] - 100,
random_point_pos[0] + 100,
random_point_pos[1] + 100])
camera = Camera()
lumitexel = []
scene = Hittable_list()
scene.from_obj("mirror.obj", mtl=1)

    for j in range(10240):
        a = time()

        scene.from_obj("single_light/light_{}.obj".format(j), mtl=0)
        canvas.fill(0)

        render()

        scene.clear()
        lumitexel.append(canvas[int(x_rand[i]), int(y_rand[i])])
        b = time()
        print((b - a), j)
    print(np.max(lumitexel))

`

[bobcao3]

Is the loop creating / declaring more fields? Fields are global and are not GCed.

[bobcao3]

Also in recent versions of taichi you shouldn't need to declare device_memory_GB=11, device_memory_fraction=1.0 unless you are using sparse SNodes