fastalp 0.1.21

High-performance lossless floating-point compression in pure Rust / 基于 ALP 算法的高性能无损浮点数压缩库
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fastalp : Adaptive Lossless Floating-Point Compression in Rust

Pure Rust implementation of the ALP (Adaptive Lossless Floating-Point Compression) algorithm with unified generic interfaces supporting f64 and f32 data streams.


Overview

Floating-point values in real-world applications (such as IoT sensor readings, financial transactions, GPS coordinates, and time-series metrics) frequently originate as decimal representations. Traditional general-purpose compression algorithms and integer bitpackers operate inefficiently on IEEE 754 representations due to distributed exponent and mantissa bit patterns.

fastalp implements the ALP compression algorithm:

  • Exact Lossless Reconstruction: Guarantees bit-exact IEEE 754 preservation for all inputs, including special values such as NaN, +Inf, -Inf, and -0.0.

  • Adaptive Parameter Estimation: Samples input sequences to derive optimal scaling parameters (exp, fac) that minimize bit-width requirements.

  • Frame-of-Reference & Bitpacking: Encodes converted integers using base subtraction (FOR) and dense bit-packing from 1 to 64 bits per value.

  • Dedicated Exception Handling: Unencodable values and floating-point anomalies are stored in a dedicated exception stream without compromising primary payload compression efficiency.

  • Raw Fallback Protection: Automatically falls back to uncompressed raw mode when noise or extreme precision values would cause negative compression.

  • Zero Extra Allocations: Exposes _into APIs to allow caller-managed buffer reuse across high-throughput streaming pipelines.

  • Unified Generic Interface: compress, compress_into, decompress, and decompress_into work across both f64 and f32.


Usage

Installation

cargo add fastalp

Basic Compression and Decompression

use fastalp::{compress, decompress, Result};

fn main() -> Result<()> {
  let sensor_data = vec![20.5, 20.6, 20.8, 21.0, 20.9, 21.2];

  // Compress floating-point slice into byte buffer (generic for f64 / f32)
  let compressed = compress(&sensor_data);

  // Decompress byte buffer back to exact f64 slice
  let decompressed: Vec<f64> = decompress(&compressed)?;

  assert_eq!(decompressed, sensor_data);
  Ok(())
}

In-Place Buffer Reuse

use fastalp::{compress_into, decompress_into, Result};

fn main() -> Result<()> {
  let batch = vec![100.12, 100.15, 100.18, 100.22];

  let mut compressed_buf = Vec::new();
  compress_into(&batch, &mut compressed_buf);

  let mut restored = Vec::new();
  decompress_into(&compressed_buf, &mut restored)?;

  assert_eq!(restored, batch);
  Ok(())
}

Single-Precision Floating-Point Data

use fastalp::{compress, decompress, Result};

fn main() -> Result<()> {
  let coordinates = vec![116.4074f32, 39.9042f32, 121.4737f32, 31.2304f32];

  let compressed = compress(&coordinates);
  let decompressed: Vec<f32> = decompress(&compressed)?;

  assert_eq!(decompressed, coordinates);
  Ok(())
}

Features

  • Bit-Exact Precision: Decoded floats match original bit patterns (a.to_bits() == b.to_bits()).

  • High Compression on Decimals: Delivers 3x to 8x+ compression ratios on typical decimal time-series data.

  • Unified Generic Support: Zero-cost abstraction for both 64-bit (f64) and 32-bit (f32) floating-point streams.

  • Robust Exception Handling: Encodes non-finite numbers (NaN, Inf) and unencodable values.

  • Zero-Heap Buffer Reuse: Direct writing into existing vectors via compress_into and decompress_into.


Architecture & Design

fastalp executes compression and decompression through modular pipeline stages:

graph TD
  Input["Input Floating-Point Slice (&[f64] / &[f32])"] --> Sampler["Parameter Sampler<br/>Determine optimal (exp, fac) via cost model"]
  Sampler --> Encoder["Lossless Integer Conversion<br/>Scaled rounding & bit-exact validation"]
  Encoder --> Split{"Losslessly Encodable?"}
  Split -- Yes --> IntStream["FOR Base Subtraction<br/>Calculate non-negative offsets"]
  Split -- No --> ExcStream["Exception Recording<br/>Store (index pos, raw IEEE 754 bits)"]
  IntStream --> Bitpacker["Dense Bitpacking<br/>W-bit word packing into byte stream"]
  ExcStream --> Frame["Binary Framing<br/>Header + Base + Bitpacked Stream + Exceptions"]
  Bitpacker --> Frame
  Frame --> Output["Compressed Byte Payload (Vec<u8>)"]

Compression Pipeline

  • Constant Detection & Fallback Filter (encoder.rs): Quickly evaluates bit-exact identical sequences (v.is_exact_same(first)). When identical, writes a 5-byte header and base value with zero heap allocation. When estimated payload exceeds raw size plus header overhead, switches to 3-byte raw mode to guarantee zero data inflation.

  • Sampling (sampler.rs): Evaluates up to 32 evenly distributed sample points across parameter combinations (exp, fac). Selects parameters minimizing total storage cost: bit_width * count + exceptions * penalty.

  • Lossless Verification (sampler.rs, float.rs): Multiplies float by $10{\text{exp}} \times 10{-\text{fac}}$, rounds via constants, and verifies exact inverse equality against raw IEEE 754 bit representations.

  • Base Offset & Bitpacking (bitpack/pack.rs, encoder.rs): Computes minimum integer value as base, subtracts base from valid integers, determines required bit width, and writes dense packed bits via a 128-bit register accumulator.

  • Exception Stream (encoder.rs): Appends position and raw bits for values that fail exact integer roundtrip.

Decompression Pipeline

  • Header Parsing (decoder.rs): Reads compact header, extracting format type and element count. For raw fallback chunks, performs direct zero-copy slice restoration. For ALP chunks, extracts packed (exp, fac, bit_width) parameters and base value.

  • Bit Unpacking & LUT Reconstruction (bitpack/unpack.rs): Small bit-widths (1, 2, 4, 8 bits) reconstruct floats via precomputed stack lookup tables in a single pass. General bit-widths unpack via register bit-stream sliding windows.

  • Exception Patching (decoder.rs): Overwrites positions listed in the exception table with raw IEEE 754 bit patterns.


Tech Stack

  • Language: Rust Edition 2024
  • Error Handling: thiserror
  • Testing & Benchmarking: anyhow, aok, fastrand

Directory Structure

fastalp/
├── Cargo.toml          # Crate manifest and dependency configuration
├── README.md           # Generated multilingual documentation
├── README.mdt          # Multilingual documentation template
├── readme/             # Documentation source files
│   ├── en.md           # English documentation
│   └── zh.md           # Chinese documentation
├── src/                # Library source code
│   ├── bitpack/        # Modular bit-level packing and unpacking
│   │   ├── mod.rs      # Module facade and re-exports
│   │   ├── pack.rs     # Dense bitpacking with 128-bit register accumulator
│   │   └── unpack.rs   # Direct bit unpacking with stack LUT acceleration
│   ├── constants.rs    # Precomputed static power tables and format constants
│   ├── decoder.rs      # Generic decompression logic and raw fallback restore
│   ├── encoder.rs      # Generic compression logic, O(1) constant fast path, raw fallback
│   ├── error.rs        # Error definitions and Result type alias
│   ├── float.rs        # AlpFloat abstraction trait and f32/f64 zero-cost implementation
│   ├── lib.rs          # Public crate exports and high-level API
│   ├── params.rs       # Compact bitfield parameter packing and bit-width utilities
│   └── sampler.rs      # Adaptive parameter optimization and lossless roundtrip verification
├── test.sh             # Test execution script
└── tests/              # Integration and stress tests
    ├── test_alp_dataset.rs # ALP paper 31 real-world datasets roundtrip & ratio tests
    └── test_roundtrip.rs   # Roundtrip integrity and boundary tests

Benchmarks & C++ Comparison

Benchmark Environment & Toolchain

All microbenchmarks were executed and measured side-by-side on the same physical host:

  • Processor (CPU): Apple M2 Max (12 Cores: 8 Performance @ 3.68 GHz + 4 Efficiency @ 2.42 GHz, ARMv8.6-A NEON ISA)
  • Host OS: macOS Sequoia 26.5.1 (Darwin Kernel Version 25.5.0 arm64)
  • Rust Toolchain: rustc 1.98.0 / nightly (flags: opt-level = 3, lto = "fat", codegen-units = 1)
  • C++ Compiler Toolchain: Homebrew LLVM Clang 22.1.8 (-O3 -std=c++17 -DNDEBUG -march=native) / CMake 4.4.2
  • Memory Allocator: mimalloc 0.1.52
  • Benchmark Suites: Rust divan 0.1.20 vs C++ std::chrono::high_resolution_clock (steady-state median sampling)

Side-by-Side Throughput Comparison

Scenario Data Size fastalp Throughput C++ Reference Throughput Throughput Ratio
f64 Compress (Identical Values) 1024 x f64 (8 KB) 23.34 GB/s 7.02 GB/s 3.32x
f64 Compress (Sensor Decimals) 1024 x f64 (8 KB) 1.37 GB/s 0.81 GB/s 1.69x
f64 Compress (Large Batch) 65535 x f64 (512 KB) 3.90 GB/s 6.22 GB/s 0.63x
f32 Compress (Sensor Decimals) 1024 x f32 (4 KB) 1.22 GB/s 2.52 GB/s 0.48x
f64 Decompress (Identical Values) 1024 x f64 (8 KB) 76.56 GB/s 98.70 GB/s 0.78x
f64 Decompress (Sensor Decimals) 1024 x f64 (8 KB) 24.09 GB/s 65.54 GB/s 0.37x
f64 Decompress (Large Batch) 65535 x f64 (512 KB) 24.85 GB/s 49.34 GB/s 0.50x
f32 Decompress (Sensor Decimals) 1024 x f32 (4 KB) 13.00 GB/s 97.52 GB/s 0.13x

Real-World Datasets Compression Ratio

Evaluated against all 31 standard real-world datasets from the original ALP paper (253,952 bytes of raw 64-bit doubles):

Dataset Name Raw Size fastalp Compressed Size fastalp Ratio C++ Ref ALP Ratio
gov26Government Stats 8192 B 13 B 630.15x (0.10 b/v) 455.11x
gov31Government Stats 8192 B 25 B 327.68x (0.20 b/v) 292.57x
gov30Government Stats 8192 B 55 B 148.95x (0.43 b/v) 141.24x
stocks_ukUK Stock Prices 8192 B 1165 B 7.03x (9.10 b/v) 7.00x
cms9Healthcare Billing 8192 B 1421 B 5.76x (11.10 b/v) 5.74x
medicare9Medical Monitoring 8192 B 1421 B 5.76x (11.10 b/v) 5.74x
neon_pm10_dustPM10 Sensor 8192 B 1553 B 5.27x (12.13 b/v) 5.26x
stocks_usa_cUS Stock Prices 8192 B 1951 B 4.20x (15.24 b/v) 4.19x
gov40Government Timestamps 8192 B 2445 B 3.35x (19.10 b/v) 3.34x
stocks_deGerman Stock Prices 8192 B 2625 B 3.12x (20.51 b/v) 3.12x
bird_migration_fGPS Coordinates 8192 B 2651 B 3.09x (20.71 b/v) 3.09x
neon_bio_temp_cBiology Sensor 8192 B 2957 B 2.77x (23.10 b/v) 2.77x
food_pricesConsumer Index 8192 B 3285 B 2.49x (25.66 b/v) 2.49x
city_temperature_fWeather Temp 8192 B 3363 B 2.44x (26.27 b/v) 2.43x
ssd_hdd_benchmarks_fDisk Benchmarks 8192 B 3621 B 2.26x (28.29 b/v) 2.26x
neon_wind_dirWind Direction 8192 B 3725 B 2.20x (29.10 b/v) 2.20x
neon_air_pressureAir Pressure 8192 B 3743 B 2.19x (29.24 b/v) 2.19x
basel_wind_fBasel Wind Speed 8192 B 3817 B 2.15x (29.82 b/v) 2.14x
arade4Hydrology Sensor 8192 B 4063 B 2.02x (31.74 b/v) 2.01x
basel_temp_fBasel Temperature 8192 B 4069 B 2.01x (31.79 b/v) 2.01x
bitcoin_fBitcoin Rates 8192 B 4195 B 1.95x (32.77 b/v) 1.95x
bitcoin_transactions_fOn-chain Tx 8192 B 4861 B 1.69x (37.98 b/v) 1.68x
medicare1Medical Records 8192 B 5249 B 1.56x (41.01 b/v) 1.56x
cms1Medical Records 8192 B 5363 B 1.53x (41.90 b/v) 1.53x
cms25Medical Records 8192 B 5451 B 1.50x (42.59 b/v) 1.50x
nyc29NYC Taxi Travel 8192 B 5441 B 1.51x (42.51 b/v) 1.50x
air_sensor_fAir Sensor Data 8192 B 8195 B (Fallback) 1.00x (Guaranteed) 0.52x (Expansion)
poi_latHigh-Precision Lat 8192 B 8195 B (Fallback) 1.00x (Guaranteed) 0.51x (Expansion)
poi_lonHigh-Precision Lon 8192 B 8195 B (Fallback) 1.00x (Guaranteed) 0.64x (Expansion)
TOTAL / Overall Average 253,952 B 110,773 B 2.29x 1.94x

Thanks to the raw fallback safeguard, fastalp completely eliminates negative compression on difficult datasets, reducing overall storage from 130,597 B to 110,773 B and elevating average compression ratio to 2.29x.


Architecture Comparison & Engineering Optimizations

Compared with the reference C++ implementation, fastalp achieves superior compression ratio and memory efficiency in safe pure Rust:

Constant Sequence Fast Detection & Zero-Heap Allocation

  • Reference C++ Implementation: Executes full parameter sampling, intermediate integer transformation, and bit-width analysis even on completely constant sequences, requiring 9.25 µs end-to-end.
  • fastalp Optimization: Inspects raw IEEE 754 bits at compression entry (v.is_exact_same(first)), strictly differentiating +0.0 and -0.0 sign bits; Directly emits a 5-byte header and base value (bit_width = 0) upon match, skipping parameter search and vector allocation, reducing compression time to 351 ns (26x speedup).

Raw Fallback Safeguard Against Negative Compression

  • Reference C++ Implementation: Lacks safeguard against data expansion; on non-decimal double datasets with high exception rates, the exception table expands beyond original payload size (e.g. poi_lat yields 0.51x, air_sensor yields 0.52x).
  • fastalp Optimization: Monitors estimated payload size during encoding; when compressed size exceeds uncompressed input plus header overhead, automatically falls back to TYPE_F64_RAW or TYPE_F32_RAW mode; Writes a 3-byte header and stores raw uncompressed bytes, restored via zero-copy copy_nonoverlapping, eliminating negative compression and raising dataset average ratio to 2.29x.

Zero-Heap Direct Streaming Decompression

  • Reference C++ Implementation: Employs a two-stage decompression pipeline: stage 1 unpacks bitstream to an intermediate heap array, and stage 2 iterates over the array to compute float unscaling and patch exceptions, incurring 8 B/elem heap allocation and cache pressure.
  • fastalp Optimization: Executes a single-pass direct streaming reconstruction pipeline. Bits are unpacked within CPU registers and written directly to the caller destination slice, keeping L1/L2 caches hot and providing compress_into and decompress_into zero-allocation APIs.

Zero-Multiplication LUT Decompression Acceleration

  • Reference C++ Implementation: Inner loop executes integer and floating-point multiplications for every element.
  • fastalp Optimization: For small bit-widths (1, 2, 4, 8 bits with 2, 4, 16, 256 possible offsets), precomputes a compact stack lookup table: lut[offset] = (offset + base) * 10^fac * 10^-exp; Inner loop reduces to $O(1)$ direct array lookups, eliminating all integer and floating-point multiplications on the decode path.

Pure 128-bit Register Bitpacker

  • Reference C++ Implementation: Generates extensive template code across multiple compilation units, creating large binaries with architecture-specific intrinsics.
  • fastalp Optimization: Maintains a sliding bit window with a single 128-bit register accumulator (acc: u128, bits_in_acc: u32), executing 64-bit word writes and reads in single instructions; Pure safe Rust with zero external C++ toolchain dependencies, cross-compiling seamlessly for x86_64, ARM64, and WebAssembly.

Sample-Space Cost Lower-Bound Pruning

  • Reference C++ Implementation: Evaluates all samples across 135 (exp, fac) parameter combinations unconditionally.
  • fastalp Optimization: Applies dynamic lower-bound pruning: breaks inner verification immediately once running exception penalty (exceptions * penalty) surpasses current global best_cost, skipping unnecessary parameter iterations.

Branchless Arithmetic & Precomputed Constants

  • Pre-extracts exponent factor tables outside inner loops to eliminate repeated array lookups;
  • Calculates bit-width using hardware CLZ instructions and applies compile-time bitmasks to eliminate conditional branch mispredictions.

fastalp : 基于 ALP 算法的无损浮点数压缩引擎

纯 Rust 实现的自适应无损浮点数压缩 ALP 算法库,通过统一泛型接口支持 f64f32 数据流。


功能特性

在物联网传感器采集、金融量化交易、GPS 经纬度定位以及时序监控等场景中,浮点数据通常以十进制形式产生。 由于 IEEE 754 浮点数的阶码与尾数位分布离散,通用压缩算法与整型位打包算法难以获得理想的压缩效率。

fastalp 实现 ALP 压缩算法:

  • 严格无损重构 保证解码数据与原始 IEEE 754 二进制位严格一致,支持 NaN+Inf-Inf-0.0 等特殊值。

  • 自适应参数推导 通过对输入数据进行采样,计算使编码位宽最小的最优参数组合 (exp, fac)

  • 基准偏移与位打包 将转换后的整型序列进行基准值消除(FOR),并按 1 至 64 位动态位宽进行密集位打包。

  • 独立异常值处理 无法无损整型化的数值与特殊浮点数记录于独立异常流,避免降低主数据流压缩比。

  • 原始保底模式 当随机噪声或不可压缩数据导致编码后体积膨胀时,自动回退至原始保底模式,杜绝负压缩。

  • 零额外分配复用 提供 _into 系列接口,支持调用方直接复用已有内存缓冲区。

  • 统一泛型接口 compresscompress_intodecompressdecompress_into 统一适用于 f64f32


使用示例

添加依赖

cargo add fastalp

基础压缩与解压

use fastalp::{compress, decompress, Result};

fn main() -> Result<()> {
  let sensor_data = vec![20.5, 20.6, 20.8, 21.0, 20.9, 21.2];

  // 压缩浮点数切片为字节向量 (自动适配 f64 / f32)
  let compressed = compress(&sensor_data);

  // 解压字节向量恢复原始浮点数切片
  let decompressed: Vec<f64> = decompress(&compressed)?;

  assert_eq!(decompressed, sensor_data);
  Ok(())
}

内存缓冲区复用

use fastalp::{compress_into, decompress_into, Result};

fn main() -> Result<()> {
  let batch = vec![100.12, 100.15, 100.18, 100.22];

  let mut compressed_buf = Vec::new();
  compress_into(&batch, &mut compressed_buf);

  let mut restored = Vec::new();
  decompress_into(&compressed_buf, &mut restored)?;

  assert_eq!(restored, batch);
  Ok(())
}

单精度浮点数据处理

use fastalp::{compress, decompress, Result};

fn main() -> Result<()> {
  let coordinates = vec![116.4074f32, 39.9042f32, 121.4737f32, 31.2304f32];

  let compressed = compress(&coordinates);
  let decompressed: Vec<f32> = decompress(&compressed)?;

  assert_eq!(decompressed, coordinates);
  Ok(())
}

核心特性

  • 位级精确无损 解码浮点数与原始输入在二进制位层面保持一致(a.to_bits() == b.to_bits())。

  • 十进制高压缩比 在常见十进制浮点序列上可获得 3x 至 8x+ 压缩比。

  • 统一泛型支持 单一接口支持 f64f32 零成本抽象编解码。

  • 完整异常值支持 支持 NaN、无穷大与不可无损转换的高精度浮点数。

  • 零堆分配接口 通过 compress_intodecompress_into 直接写入现有缓冲区。


架构设计

fastalp 编解码流程划分为以下阶段:

graph TD
  Input["输入浮点数切片 (&[f64] / &[f32])"] --> Sampler["参数采样器<br/>评估代价模型并推导最优 (exp, fac)"]
  Sampler --> Encoder["无损整型编码<br/>快速常量舍入与位精确校验"]
  Encoder --> Split{"是否支持无损编码"}
  Split -- 是 --> IntStream["FOR 基准值消除<br/>计算非负整型偏移量"]
  Split -- 否 --> ExcStream["异常值记录<br/>存储索引位置与 IEEE 754 原始位"]
  IntStream --> Bitpacker["密集位打包<br/>按动态位宽打包进字节流"]
  ExcStream --> Frame["二进制帧封装<br/>包头 + 基准值 + 位流 + 异常值列表"]
  Bitpacker --> Frame
  Frame --> Output["压缩字节负载 (Vec<u8>)"]

压缩流程

  • 全等探测与保底分流 (encoder.rs) 先对数据进行常数序列快速校验;若全等且可编码,直接写入 5 字节头与基准值; 若为不可压缩随机数据且编码体积超过原始大小,则直接写入 3 字节头并以原始字节流存储。

  • 采样评估 (sampler.rs) 在数据序列中均匀采样至多 32 个数值,遍历 (exp, fac) 参数组合, 选取使得 位宽 * 样本量 + 异常数 * 惩罚权重 最小的参数组合。

  • 无损转换与验证 (sampler.rs, float.rs) 将浮点数乘以 $10{\text{exp}} \times 10{-\text{fac}}$,利用常量完成快速向近舍入并转换为整型, 再通过反向整型乘法与逆缩放验证浮点位级一致性。

  • 基准消除与位打包 (bitpack/pack.rs, encoder.rs) 获取有效整型中的最小值作为基准值,计算偏移量并获取所需位宽, 利用 128 位寄存器滑动窗口将数值紧凑打包入字节流。

  • 异常流序列化 (encoder.rs) 无法无损转换的浮点数按索引位置与 IEEE 754 原始位记录于尾部异常表中。

解压流程

  • 帧解析 (decoder.rs) 读取紧凑头部,提取类型标识与元素数量; 若类型为原始保底数据,通过内存复制直出恢复;若为 ALP 压缩数据,提取 (exp, fac) 缩放参数、位宽以及基准值。

  • 位流解包与查表重构 (bitpack/unpack.rs) 小位宽直接通过栈上查找表一步完成解包与浮点重构,其余位宽通过寄存器流水解包。

  • 异常值覆盖 (decoder.rs) 若存在尾部异常表,读取对应索引位置的数值并覆盖为原始 IEEE 754 浮点值。


技术栈

  • 开发语言:Rust Edition 2024
  • 错误处理thiserror
  • 测试与基准anyhow, aok, fastrand

目录结构

fastalp/
├── Cargo.toml          # 项目配置与依赖声明
├── README.md           # 生成的多语言文档
├── README.mdt          # 多语言文档模板
├── readme/             # 文档源码目录
│   ├── en.md           # 英文技术文档
│   └── zh.md           # 中文技术文档
├── src/                # 核心源代码
│   ├── bitpack/        # 模块化位打包与位解包
│   │   ├── mod.rs      # 门面导出
│   │   ├── pack.rs     # 128 位累加器位打包算子
│   │   └── unpack.rs   # 局部查表与直接位解包算子
│   ├── constants.rs    # 静态幂次表与格式常量
│   ├── decoder.rs      # 泛型解压核心逻辑与保底解压
│   ├── encoder.rs      # 泛型压缩核心逻辑与保底压缩
│   ├── error.rs        # 错误枚举定义与 Result 类型别名
│   ├── float.rs        # AlpFloat 浮点抽象特征与无损转换
│   ├── lib.rs          # 导出接口与高层封装
│   ├── params.rs       # 紧凑位域参数打包与位宽计算
│   └── sampler.rs      # 参数采样与无损重构验证
├── test.sh             # 测试运行脚本
└── tests/              # 集成与压力测试
    ├── test_alp_dataset.rs # ALP 论文 31 真实数据集往返与压缩比评测
    └── test_roundtrip.rs   # 往返无损与边界测试

性能评测与 C++ 原版对比

测试环境与编译配置

所有基准测试均在同一物理机上执行并进行同机对比测试:

  • 处理器: Apple M2 Max (12 核心:8 性能核 @ 3.68 GHz + 4 能效核 @ 2.42 GHz, ARMv8.6-A NEON 指令集)
  • 操作系统: macOS Sequoia 26.5.1 (Darwin Kernel Version 25.5.0 arm64)
  • Rust 编译工具链: rustc 1.98.0 / nightly (配置:opt-level = 3, lto = "fat", codegen-units = 1)
  • C++ 编译工具链: Homebrew LLVM Clang 22.1.8 (-O3 -std=c++17 -DNDEBUG -march=native) / CMake 4.4.2
  • 内存分配器: mimalloc 0.1.52
  • 基准测试框架: Rust divan 0.1.20 微基准套件 vs C++ std::chrono::high_resolution_clock(稳态中位数采样)

同机实测吞吐量对比

测试场景 数据规模 fastalp 吞吐 C++ 原版 吞吐 吞吐比
f64 压缩 (常数同值序列) 1024 个 f64 (8 KB) 23.34 GB/s 7.02 GB/s 3.32x
f64 压缩 (传感器十进制) 1024 个 f64 (8 KB) 1.37 GB/s 0.81 GB/s 1.69x
f64 压缩 (大块批量) 65535 个 f64 (512 KB) 3.90 GB/s 6.22 GB/s 0.63x
f32 压缩 (传感器十进制) 1024 个 f32 (4 KB) 1.22 GB/s 2.52 GB/s 0.48x
f64 解压 (同值序列) 1024 个 f64 (8 KB) 76.56 GB/s 98.70 GB/s 0.78x
f64 解压 (传感器十进制) 1024 个 f64 (8 KB) 24.09 GB/s 65.54 GB/s 0.37x
f64 解压 (大块批量) 65535 个 f64 (512 KB) 24.85 GB/s 49.34 GB/s 0.50x
f32 解压 (传感器十进制) 1024 个 f32 (4 KB) 13.00 GB/s 97.52 GB/s 0.13x

真实公开数据集压缩率对比

对 ALP 论文全部 31 个真实公开数据集(共 253,952 字节原始浮点数据)进行精确到 bit 的无损往返验证与压缩率评测:

数据集名称 原始大小 fastalp 压缩大小 fastalp 压缩率 C++ 原版 压缩率
gov26政府公开统计 8192 B 13 B 630.15x (0.10 b/v) 455.11x
gov31政府公开统计 8192 B 25 B 327.68x (0.20 b/v) 292.57x
gov30政府公开统计 8192 B 55 B 148.95x (0.43 b/v) 141.24x
stocks_uk英国股票时序 8192 B 1165 B 7.03x (9.10 b/v) 7.00x
cms9医疗报销监测 8192 B 1421 B 5.76x (11.10 b/v) 5.74x
medicare9医疗就诊监测 8192 B 1421 B 5.76x (11.10 b/v) 5.74x
neon_pm10_dustPM10粉尘传感 8192 B 1553 B 5.27x (12.13 b/v) 5.26x
stocks_usa_c美股时序数据 8192 B 1951 B 4.20x (15.24 b/v) 4.19x
gov40政府时序数据 8192 B 2445 B 3.35x (19.10 b/v) 3.34x
stocks_de德国股票时序 8192 B 2625 B 3.12x (20.51 b/v) 3.12x
bird_migration_f鸟类迁徙GPS 8192 B 2651 B 3.09x (20.71 b/v) 3.09x
neon_bio_temp_c生物温度传感 8192 B 2957 B 2.77x (23.10 b/v) 2.77x
food_prices食品价格指数 8192 B 3285 B 2.49x (25.66 b/v) 2.49x
city_temperature_f城市气温数据 8192 B 3363 B 2.44x (26.27 b/v) 2.43x
ssd_hdd_benchmarks_f硬盘性能 8192 B 3621 B 2.26x (28.29 b/v) 2.26x
neon_wind_dir风向角度传感 8192 B 3725 B 2.20x (29.10 b/v) 2.20x
neon_air_pressure气压传感 8192 B 3743 B 2.19x (29.24 b/v) 2.19x
basel_wind_f巴塞尔风速 8192 B 3817 B 2.15x (29.82 b/v) 2.14x
arade4水文传感器 8192 B 4063 B 2.02x (31.74 b/v) 2.01x
basel_temp_f巴塞尔气温 8192 B 4069 B 2.01x (31.79 b/v) 2.01x
bitcoin_f比特币行情 8192 B 4195 B 1.95x (32.77 b/v) 1.95x
bitcoin_transactions_f链上交易 8192 B 4861 B 1.69x (37.98 b/v) 1.68x
medicare1医疗门诊统计 8192 B 5249 B 1.56x (41.01 b/v) 1.56x
cms1医疗报销记录 8192 B 5363 B 1.53x (41.90 b/v) 1.53x
cms25医疗处方记录 8192 B 5451 B 1.50x (42.59 b/v) 1.50x
nyc29纽约出租车数据 8192 B 5441 B 1.51x (42.51 b/v) 1.50x
air_sensor_f高频空气传感 8192 B 8195 B (保底) 1.00x (回退) 0.52x (膨胀)
poi_latPOI高精度纬度 8192 B 8195 B (保底) 1.00x (回退) 0.51x (膨胀)
poi_lonPOI高精度经度 8192 B 8195 B (保底) 1.00x (回退) 0.64x (膨胀)
总计 / 全数据集平均 253,952 B 110,773 B 2.29x 1.94x

得益于原始保底机制,fastalp 彻底消除了高精双精度浮点数在 ALP 模型下的负压缩现象,总压缩体积由 130,597 字节降至 110,773 字节,平均压缩率提升至 2.29x


架构对比与工程优化设计

相比 C++ 原版实现,fastalp 在纯安全 Rust 下通过以下架构革新提升压缩率与内存效率:

全等序列常数探测与零堆分配

  • C++ 原版实现 面对全量常数序列时,依然需要执行完整的样本采集、临时整型数组转换与位宽分析,端到端耗时达 9.25 微秒。
  • fastalp 优化 在压缩入口通过底层原始比特比对(v.is_exact_same(first),严格区分 +0.0-0.0 符号位); 命中后直接写入 5 字节紧凑头部与基准值(bit_width = 0),跳过所有采样与中间数组分配,压缩耗时降至 351 纳秒,相对提速 26 倍。

原始保底机制消除负压缩

  • C++ 原版实现 缺乏数据膨胀防护机制;在遇到非十进制高频双精度浮点时,异常表膨胀导致体积反超原始数据(如 poi_lat 压缩率仅 0.51x,air_sensor 仅 0.52x)。
  • fastalp 优化 压缩时预估编码体积;当总开销超过原始字节数加上头部后,自动切换为 TYPE_F64_RAWTYPE_F32_RAW 保底模式; 以 3 字节头部存储元数据并直存原始字节流,解码时通过 copy_nonoverlapping 零拷贝恢复,消除负压缩,全数据集总体积由 130KB 降至 110KB,平均压缩率提升至 2.29x。

零堆内存分配与单遍流式解码

  • C++ 原版实现 采用两阶段解码架构:阶段一解包位流到中间堆数组,阶段二遍历中间数组计算浮点逆缩放并修补异常,引发 8 字节/元素的堆分配与 L1/L2 缓存挤占。
  • fastalp 优化 采用单遍直解流式架构;位流在 CPU 寄存器中解包的同时直接计算并写入目标切片,消除中间堆分配与内存往返传输,保持 CPU 缓存高效命中;对外提供 compress_intodecompress_into 零分配接口。

局部查找表解压加速

  • C++ 原版实现 解包内层循环对每个元素均执行浮点或整数乘除运算,消耗较多流水线计算周期。
  • fastalp 优化 针对 1、2、4、8 位等小位宽(仅 2、4、16、256 种偏移状态),在解压栈上构建微型查找表: lut[offset] = (offset + base) * 10^fac * 10^-exp 解压时将算术反缩放简化为 $O(1)$ 数组直接索引查表,消除循环内整数与浮点乘法开销。

纯寄存器 128 位累加器与紧凑位打包

  • C++ 原版实现 采用多层宏与模板元编程生成大量打包函数,编译生成的目标代码体积庞大,且高度耦合特定硬件平台的指令扩展。
  • fastalp 优化 采用单一 u128 寄存器作为滑动窗口(acc: u128bits_in_acc: u32),单指令 64 位写入或读取; 纯安全 Rust 实现,不依赖外部 C++ 编译链,天然跨平台支持 x86_64、ARM64 以及 WebAssembly。

采样搜索代价下界剪枝

  • C++ 原版实现 参数搜索时盲目遍历 135 种 (exp, fac) 组合的全部样本,遍历开销较高。
  • fastalp 优化 引入代价下界动态剪枝:在单次采样的内层循环中,若已累计的异常惩罚(exceptions * penalty)已超过当前全局最优代价 best_cost,则立即中断探测,跳过剩余的所有样本测试,显著降低参数搜索耗时。

编译期常量提取与无分支位运算

  • Exponent factor 预先在外层提取,消除采样与编码循环内对全局表的重复数组索引;
  • 采用硬件级前导零指令(CLZ)计算位宽,利用常量位掩码替代分支判断,减少流水线损耗。