Optimizations in mask patterns - #706
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Refactor Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The reviewed changes preserve QR generation behavior, and the prior mask-candidate reset concern is resolved. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to QR generation keeps the same public interface, but some supported runtimes may retain temporary QR contents in pooled memory after generation. The data is not exposed through the library’s public API. Retained concerns
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Review comments at @QRCoder/QRCodeGenerator/ModuleMatrix.cs:
- Around line 122-131: In ModuleMatrix.CopyFrom, clear the current row in target
before the NETSTANDARD1_3 loop sets bits with |=. This ensures reused matrices
do not retain bits from a previous mask candidate; leave the other
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119-119: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winClear only the active matrix bytes.
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targetis reused from_pooledBytes, its length can exceedByteLength.MaskCodecallsCopyFromfor each eligible mask, so clearingtarget.Lengthrepeats unnecessary work.CopyFromand scoring use only the matrix bytes withinByteLength. Keep the clear before the bit-setting loop and limit it toByteLength.Suggested fix
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- Line 119: Update the matrix-clearing operation in the method containing this
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Summary
This PR optimizes the mask pattern processing, without modifying the public API of the library in any way.
The new
ModuleMatrixdata structureThe new
ModuleMatrixclass stores all the bits for an entire QR code in a singlebyte[], not a collection ofBitArrayinstances. As a result, it requires significantly less memory to be allocated. More importantly, it allows processing entire bytes (or more) at once, instead of having to process individual bits at a time.The
ModuleMatrixclass is used to store the blocked modules, and replaces theBlockedModulesstruct.The
ModuleMatrixclass is also used for the temporary copy of the QR code being built, to try and score the mask patterns. Because pooled memory is used to hold the bytes, the amount of temporary memory to be allocated (and garbage collected) for the production of each QR code is reduced significantly.Importantly, the
ModuleMatrixclass is not used to store the final QR code data, thereby not breaking any users of the current API.The new
MaskPatterndata structureMask patterns used to be represented as delegates, requiring the evaluation of a function for each module, in most cases involving modulo calculations. Observing that all patterns repeat in 12 x 12 module blocks, the new
MaskPatternstruct avoids repeated function evaluations by calculating values once and caching them. The cached data is 24 bits wide (3 bytes), allowing patterns to be applied to QR codes one byte at a time, instead of having to apply them one bit at a time.The new algorithm
The new algorithm is essentially the same as before, with the same steps, but it takes advantage of the new data structures.
The first step (for each of the 8 patterns to test) is to copy the bits from the QR code into the temporary
ModuleMatrix. Instead of copying one bit at a time, copying now happens usingBitArray.CopyTo, followed by a four bit shift to remove the padding. On modern .NET running on little endian systems (e.g. X86, X64, ARM, RISC-V), that bit shift happens 32 or 64 bits at a time. On other platforms, it happens 8 bits at a time.The second step is placing the format string. Other than it now operating on the new data structure, that step is unchanged.
The third step is applying the patterns, and this is where the new data structures shine. No pattern function needs to be evaluated. Instead, the patterns are applied, taking into account blocked modules, one byte at a time.
The final step is calculating the score. This still happens by looking at individual modules (bits), but the
ModuleMatrixclass and itsGetRowandGetColumnmethods allow avoiding repeated calculations to fetch those bits.Calculating the score
All four algorithms have been optimized to avoid unnecessary calculations.
The first penalty now only checks whether five or more consecutive modules of the same color have been reached when the current module is the same color as the previous module.
The second penalty, the one looking for 2 x 2 blocks of the same color, avoids duplicate work by using the fact that the left two modules of a block are the same as the right two modules of the block one module to the left. This avoids almost half the work for calculating the second penalty.
The third penalty uses a similar optimization. The seventh module must be set for the patterns to match, while the sixth module must be unset. If the seventh module is set, there is no point looking for the pattern one module to the right in the row, or one module down in the column, as the sixth module can't possibly match the pattern. Again, this avoids almost half the work for calculating the third penalty.
The fourth penalty now uses the module values that were already calculated for evaluating the first penalty, thereby eliminating most of its work.
The results
Calculation of the QR code data is now two to three times faster than it was on master, while consuming significantly less memory.
Indeed, using the existing benchmark:
On master:
On PR:
Test plan
During the development of this PR, I ran the old and the new code side by side, using
Debug.Assertto constantly monitor that both produce the same intermediate and final results. .NET Standard 1.3 code was tested by definingNETSTANDARD1_3.All code is exercised by existing tests, that all continue to run successfully without any modification.
Final remarks
I suggest that, if and after you merge this PR, you consider releasing a version 1.8.1. We'd like to use it at work, and we prefer to use the official build in nuget.org.
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