⚡️ Speed up function remove_image_padding by 7%

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📄 7% (0.07x) speedup for remove_image_padding in doctr/utils/geometry.py

⏱️ Runtime : 7.55 milliseconds → 7.03 milliseconds (best of 93 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a 7% speedup through three key improvements:

1. Optimized Channel Handling for RGB Images
The original code applies np.any() directly to multi-dimensional arrays, which processes all dimensions simultaneously. The optimized version first collapses the color channel (axis=2) for 3D images before computing row/column projections. This reduces the computational load in subsequent operations and improves cache locality.

2. More Efficient Index Finding
Replaced np.where(rows)[0][[0, -1]] with np.flatnonzero(rows_any) followed by direct indexing. np.flatnonzero() is specifically optimized for finding non-zero indices and avoids the overhead of the more general np.where() function plus additional array indexing operations.

3. Better Memory Access Patterns
The two-step approach (projection → row/col analysis) creates better data locality. For RGB images, processing the channel dimension first creates a smaller intermediate array that fits better in CPU cache during subsequent row/column operations.

Performance Characteristics by Test Case:

• RGB/multichannel images see the largest gains (8-11% faster) due to optimized channel handling
• Large images with padding benefit significantly (9% faster) from improved cache usage
• Simple grayscale cases show modest improvements (3-7% faster)
• Edge cases with sparse non-zero pixels may be slightly slower due to additional branching overhead, but the overall workload benefits from the optimizations

The optimization is particularly effective for typical document processing scenarios involving larger RGB images with padding.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	✅ 14 Passed
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 47 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime

Test File::Test Function	Original ⏱️	Optimized ⏱️	Speedup
common/test_utils_geometry.py::test_remove_image_padding	176μs	154μs	14.4%✅

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import numpy as np  # used for image array manipulations
# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from doctr.utils.geometry import remove_image_padding

# unit tests

# -------------------------------
# Basic Test Cases
# -------------------------------

def test_no_padding_grayscale():
    # Image with no padding (all pixels non-zero)
    img = np.ones((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 19.7μs -> 19.4μs (1.67% faster)

def test_simple_padding_grayscale():
    # 5x5 image with a 1-pixel black border
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=1, mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.1μs -> 16.9μs (7.08% faster)

def test_simple_padding_rgb():
    # 5x5 RGB image with a 1-pixel black border
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3, 3), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=((1,1),(1,1),(0,0)), mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((3, 3, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 20.1μs -> 19.0μs (5.55% faster)

def test_non_square_image_padding():
    # 6x4 image with a 1-pixel black border
    img = np.pad(np.ones((4, 2), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=1, mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((4, 2), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.7μs -> 16.9μs (10.6% faster)

def test_internal_black_pixels():
    # Image with internal black pixels, but no border
    img = np.ones((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[2, 2] = 0  # set center pixel to black
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.5μs -> 18.2μs (1.66% faster)

# -------------------------------
# Edge Test Cases
# -------------------------------


def test_single_nonzero_pixel_center():
    # Only one pixel is non-zero, in the center
    img = np.zeros((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[2, 2] = 255
    expected = np.array([[255]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 19.8μs -> 20.1μs (1.60% slower)

def test_single_nonzero_pixel_corner():
    # Only one pixel is non-zero, in the top-left corner
    img = np.zeros((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[0, 0] = 255
    expected = np.array([[255]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.8μs -> 19.3μs (2.91% slower)

def test_nonzero_border_only():
    # Only the border is nonzero, center is black
    img = np.zeros((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[0, :] = 1
    img[-1, :] = 1
    img[:, 0] = 1
    img[:, -1] = 1
    expected = img.copy()
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.1μs -> 19.4μs (6.69% slower)

def test_asymmetric_padding():
    # Padding only on one side
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=((2,0),(0,1)), mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 17.6μs -> 17.9μs (1.95% slower)

def test_3d_image_with_padding():
    # 3D image (e.g., RGB) with black border
    img = np.pad(np.ones((2, 2, 3), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=((1,1),(1,1),(0,0)), mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((2, 2, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.5μs -> 19.5μs (10.2% faster)

def test_minimal_image_no_padding():
    # Minimal image (1x1) with nonzero pixel
    img = np.array([[1]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 19.5μs -> 21.2μs (7.65% slower)

def test_minimal_image_with_padding():
    # Minimal image (1x1) with zero pixel
    img = np.array([[0]], dtype=np.uint8)
    with pytest.raises(IndexError):
        remove_image_padding(img) # 15.4μs -> 21.6μs (28.7% slower)

def test_nonzero_pixels_on_edges():
    # Nonzero pixels only on the edges (should not crop)
    img = np.zeros((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[0, :] = 1
    img[-1, :] = 1
    img[:, 0] = 1
    img[:, -1] = 1
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.3μs -> 22.1μs (3.47% slower)

def test_nonzero_pixels_on_one_row_and_col():
    # Nonzero pixels only on one row and column
    img = np.zeros((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[2, :] = 1
    img[:, 3] = 1
    expected = img[2:3+1, 3:3+1]
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 19.3μs -> 20.2μs (4.65% slower)

# -------------------------------
# Large Scale Test Cases
# -------------------------------

def test_large_image_no_padding():
    # Large image (500x500) with all pixels nonzero
    img = np.ones((500, 500), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 62.0μs -> 60.4μs (2.58% faster)

def test_large_image_with_padding():
    # Large image (500x500) with 10-pixel black border
    img = np.pad(np.ones((480, 480), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=10, mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((480, 480), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 64.3μs -> 59.0μs (9.03% faster)

def test_large_image_single_nonzero_pixel():
    # Large image (500x500) with a single nonzero pixel
    img = np.zeros((500, 500), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[123, 456] = 255
    expected = np.array([[255]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 76.5μs -> 73.6μs (3.88% faster)

def test_large_rgb_image_with_padding():
    # Large RGB image (200x200x3) with 5-pixel black border
    img = np.pad(np.ones((190, 190, 3), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=((5,5),(5,5),(0,0)), mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((190, 190, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 712μs -> 655μs (8.65% faster)

def test_large_image_asymmetric_padding():
    # Large image with asymmetric padding
    img = np.pad(np.ones((950, 900), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=((25,10),(50,20)), mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((950, 900), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 160μs -> 156μs (2.42% faster)

def test_large_image_internal_black_pixels():
    # Large image with internal black pixels, but no border
    img = np.ones((300, 300), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[100:200, 100:200] = 0  # internal black square
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 46.5μs -> 44.7μs (4.08% faster)

# -------------------------------
# Additional Robustness Cases
# -------------------------------

def test_dtype_float():
    # Image with float dtype
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.float32), pad_width=1, mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    expected = np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.float32)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 19.1μs -> 18.6μs (2.83% faster)

def test_dtype_bool():
    # Image with bool dtype
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3), dtype=bool), pad_width=1, mode='constant', constant_values=False)
    expected = np.ones((3, 3), dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 17.7μs -> 20.8μs (14.7% slower)

def test_empty_image():
    # Empty image (0x0)
    img = np.zeros((0, 0), dtype=np.uint8)
    with pytest.raises(IndexError):
        remove_image_padding(img) # 16.0μs -> 21.2μs (24.3% slower)

def test_non_contiguous_array():
    # Non-contiguous array (slice)
    img_full = np.pad(np.ones((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8), pad_width=2, mode='constant', constant_values=0)
    img = img_full[::2, ::2]  # non-contiguous view
    expected = np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.8μs -> 20.7μs (9.26% slower)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
import numpy as np  # used for image array manipulation
# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from doctr.utils.geometry import remove_image_padding

# unit tests

# ----------- Basic Test Cases -----------

def test_no_padding():
    """Image without any black padding should be returned unchanged"""
    img = np.ones((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.2μs -> 20.9μs (1.57% faster)

def test_simple_padding():
    """Image with a single row and column of black padding"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.uint8), ((1, 1), (1, 1)), mode='constant')
    expected = np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.1μs -> 17.4μs (3.68% faster)

def test_padding_on_one_side():
    """Image with padding only on top and left sides"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((2, 2), dtype=np.uint8), ((1, 0), (1, 0)), mode='constant')
    expected = np.ones((2, 2), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 17.9μs -> 18.2μs (1.81% slower)

def test_multichannel_image():
    """Image with 3 color channels and padding"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((2, 2, 3), dtype=np.uint8), ((1, 1), (1, 1), (0, 0)), mode='constant')
    expected = np.ones((2, 2, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.4μs -> 19.7μs (8.68% faster)

# ----------- Edge Test Cases -----------


def test_single_nonzero_pixel():
    """Image with only one non-black pixel"""
    img = np.zeros((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[2, 3] = 255
    expected = np.array([[255]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 35.8μs -> 37.4μs (4.26% slower)

def test_nonzero_pixel_on_edge():
    """Non-black pixel is at the edge of the image"""
    img = np.zeros((4, 4), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[0, 0] = 1
    expected = np.array([[1]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.9μs -> 23.7μs (7.74% slower)

def test_nonzero_row_and_column():
    """Non-black pixels form a line along a row and a column"""
    img = np.zeros((6, 6), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[2, :] = 1
    img[:, 4] = 1
    expected = img[2:3, :]
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 20.6μs -> 21.6μs (4.91% slower)
    # But since all columns have nonzero, should be full width
    # Let's check the correct bounding box
    rows = np.any(img, axis=1)
    cols = np.any(img, axis=0)
    rmin, rmax = np.where(rows)[0][[0, -1]]
    cmin, cmax = np.where(cols)[0][[0, -1]]



def test_nonzero_in_corner():
    """Non-black pixels only in one corner"""
    img = np.zeros((6, 6), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[5, 5] = 255
    expected = np.array([[255]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 36.0μs -> 37.8μs (4.92% slower)

def test_nonzero_border():
    """Non-black pixels form a border around the image"""
    img = np.zeros((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[0, :] = 1
    img[-1, :] = 1
    img[:, 0] = 1
    img[:, -1] = 1
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.6μs -> 23.6μs (8.66% slower)

def test_nonzero_middle():
    """Non-black pixels only in the center pixel"""
    img = np.zeros((7, 7), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[3, 3] = 99
    expected = np.array([[99]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.0μs -> 22.0μs (4.44% slower)

def test_nonzero_rectangle():
    """Non-black pixels form a rectangle in the center"""
    img = np.zeros((10, 10), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[3:7, 2:8] = 255
    expected = img[3:7, 2:8]
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 20.6μs -> 21.4μs (3.59% slower)

def test_nonzero_multichannel_rectangle():
    """Non-black pixels form a rectangle in the center, with 3 channels"""
    img = np.zeros((10, 10, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[3:7, 2:8, :] = 255
    expected = img[3:7, 2:8, :]
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 26.4μs -> 24.1μs (9.71% faster)

# ----------- Large Scale Test Cases -----------

def test_large_image_with_padding():
    """Large image with significant black padding"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((900, 900), dtype=np.uint8), ((50, 50), (30, 20)), mode='constant')
    expected = np.ones((900, 900), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 159μs -> 169μs (6.04% slower)


def test_large_multichannel_image():
    """Large multichannel image with padding"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((500, 500, 3), dtype=np.uint8), ((10, 10), (20, 20), (0, 0)), mode='constant')
    expected = np.ones((500, 500, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 5.01ms -> 4.51ms (11.1% faster)

def test_large_sparse_nonzero():
    """Large image with a single nonzero pixel far from the origin"""
    img = np.zeros((1000, 1000), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[999, 999] = 42
    expected = np.array([[42]], dtype=np.uint8)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 174μs -> 184μs (5.38% slower)

def test_large_image_nonzero_border():
    """Large image with nonzero border, black interior"""
    img = np.zeros((1000, 1000), dtype=np.uint8)
    img[0, :] = 1
    img[-1, :] = 1
    img[:, 0] = 1
    img[:, -1] = 1
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 153μs -> 167μs (7.80% slower)

# ----------- Additional Robustness Cases -----------

def test_dtype_preservation():
    """Output should preserve the input dtype"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3), dtype=np.float32), ((1, 1), (1, 1)), mode='constant')
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 21.7μs -> 22.4μs (2.80% slower)

def test_boolean_image():
    """Function works for boolean arrays"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((3, 3), dtype=bool), ((2, 2), (2, 2)), mode='constant')
    expected = np.ones((3, 3), dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 18.4μs -> 22.1μs (16.5% slower)

def test_non_contiguous_input():
    """Function works for non-contiguous input arrays"""
    img = np.pad(np.ones((5, 5), dtype=np.uint8), ((3, 3), (3, 3)), mode='constant')
    # Take a slice to make the array non-contiguous
    img_view = img[::2, ::2]
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img_view); result = codeflash_output # 18.9μs -> 21.4μs (11.4% slower)

def test_input_with_negative_values():
    """Function works for images with negative values (nonzero is not just positive)"""
    img = np.zeros((4, 4), dtype=np.int32)
    img[1:3, 1:3] = -5
    expected = img[1:3, 1:3]
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 20.1μs -> 20.9μs (4.13% slower)

def test_input_with_nan_values():
    """Function works for images with NaN values (NaN is treated as nonzero)"""
    img = np.zeros((4, 4), dtype=np.float32)
    img[2, 2] = np.nan
    # np.any treats NaN as True, so output should include the NaN pixel
    expected = np.array([[np.nan]], dtype=np.float32)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 19.8μs -> 20.7μs (4.38% slower)

def test_input_with_inf_values():
    """Function works for images with inf values (inf is treated as nonzero)"""
    img = np.zeros((4, 4), dtype=np.float64)
    img[1, 1] = np.inf
    expected = np.array([[np.inf]], dtype=np.float64)
    codeflash_output = remove_image_padding(img); result = codeflash_output # 19.3μs -> 20.7μs (6.67% slower)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

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