Faster network transfers

ocaml/Block.ml

@@ -116,28 +116,7 @@ let read_bytes b idx =
 
 
 
-let of_bytes b =
-(*
-  let rec loop accu s =
-    match read_bytes s with
-    | None -> []
-    | Some (data, None) -> (data :: accu)
-    | Some (data, (Some rest)) -> loop (data :: accu) rest
-  in
-  let result =
-    match loop [] b with
-    | compute_node :: block_id :: pid :: weight :: value :: property :: [] ->
-          Some
-          { property = Property.of_bytes property;
-            value    = Sample.of_bytes value;
-            weight   = Weight.of_bytes weight;
-            pid          = int_of_bytes pid;
-            block_id     = Block_id.of_bytes block_id;
-            compute_node = Compute_node.of_bytes compute_node;
-          }
-    | _ -> None
-  in
-*)
+let of_bytes ?(idx=0) b =
   let get_x s idx =
     match read_bytes s idx with
     | Some ( data, i1) -> data, i1
@@ -146,7 +125,6 @@ let of_bytes b =
 
 
   let result =
-    let idx=0 in
     try
       let property, idx = get_x b idx in
       let value   , idx = get_x b idx in

ocaml/Message.ml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type t =
   | Error       of string
 
 
-let create m =
+let of_string_list m =
   try
     match m with
     | [ "cpu"        ; c ; pid ; b ; "1" ; v ] ->
@@ -80,7 +80,19 @@ let create m =
     | [ "unregister" ; c ; pid  ] -> Unregister (Compute_node.of_string c, int_of_string pid)
     | [ "Test" ] -> Test
     | [ "Ezfio" ; ezfio_msg ] -> Ezfio ezfio_msg
+    | prop :: c :: pid :: b :: d :: w :: "bin" :: block :: [] ->
+        (* Block in binary format *)
+        let property =
+          Property.of_string prop
+        in
+        begin
+          assert (not (Property.is_scalar property));
+          match Block.of_bytes ~idx:8 (Bytes.unsafe_of_string block)  with
+          | Some block -> Property block
+          | None -> failwith "Invalid block"
+        end
     | prop :: c :: pid :: b :: d :: w :: l ->
+        (* Bock in text format *)
         let property =
           Property.of_string prop
         in
@@ -109,6 +121,7 @@ let create m =
   | _ -> Error "Unknown error"
 
 
+
 let to_string = function
   | Property   b         -> "Property   : "^(Block.to_string b)
   | Walkers    (h,p,w)   -> Printf.sprintf "Walkers      : %s %d : %d walkers"
@@ -123,3 +136,6 @@ let to_string = function
   | Error msg            -> "Error "^msg
 
 
+let create m =
+   of_string_list m
+

ocaml/Qmcchem_config.ml

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ let ip_address = lazy (
 
 let binary_io =
   try
-    Sys.getenv "QMCCHEM_IO" = "B"
+    let qmcchem_io = Sys.getenv "QMCCHEM_IO" in
+    qmcchem_io = "B" || qmcchem_io = "b"
   with Not_found -> false
 

ocaml/Qmcchem_dataserver.ml

@@ -721,13 +721,17 @@ let run ?(daemon=true) ezfio_filename =
           Unix.gettimeofday ()
         in
         let msg =
+          (*
           List.rev_map String.trim raw_msg
           |> List.rev
           |> Message.create
-        and msg_size =
-          List.fold_left (fun accu x -> accu + (String.length x)) 0 raw_msg
+          *)
+          Message.create raw_msg
         in
         let recv_log =
+          let msg_size =
+            List.fold_left (fun accu x -> accu + (String.length x)) 0 raw_msg
+          in
           send_log "pull" msg_size t0
         in
 

ocaml/Qmcchem_forwarder.ml

@@ -474,6 +474,16 @@ let run ezfio_filename dataserver =
             else
               List.concat [ [ "elec_coord" ; hostname ; pid ; id ; 
               string_of_int (5*len)] ; ( select_n_of ~n:5 ~len rest ) ]
+          | prop :: c :: pid :: b :: d :: w :: [] -> message
+          | prop :: c :: pid :: b :: d :: w :: l ->
+            if Qmcchem_config.binary_io then
+              match Message.create message with
+              | Message.Property block -> 
+                  prop :: c :: pid :: b :: d :: w :: "bin" ::
+                  (Block.to_bytes block |> Bytes.unsafe_to_string ) :: []
+              | _ -> failwith "Inconsistent message"
+            else
+              message
           | _ -> message
         in
         Zmq.Socket.send_all  push_socket  new_message