Optimize readNativeFrame performance using chunked IO and direct casting

[suyashkumar]

Performance Investigation of readNativeFrame

Analysis

The previous readNativeFrame implementation read pixels one by one by calling io.ReadFull(rawReader, pixelBuf) per sample (for each pixel). In a 512x512 image, this means 262,144 reads of 1, 2, or 4 bytes. This approach is highly inefficient due to function call overhead and small I/O operations.

Additionally, the type mapping dynamically asserted any(pixelBuf[0]).(I), although less impactful than I/O overhead.

Solution

We modified readNativeFrame to:

1. Use a 4096-byte chunk buffer ensuring the size is perfectly aligned to the bytes per sample.
2. Replace numerous io.ReadFull calls with larger batched reads.
3. Streamline casting to directly construct constraints.Integer (I) without any assertions.
4. Correctly guard BitsAllocated requirements before doing arithmetic divisions to prevent DoS via panic.

Benchmark Results

Before optimization:
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/10x10,_10_frames,_1_sample/pixel-4         	 1178262	      1049 ns/op	     376 B/op	      11 allocs/op
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/100x100,_10_frames,_1_sample/pixel-4       	 1202175	       998.2 ns/op	     376 B/op	      11 allocs/op
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/512x512,_10_frames,_1_sample/pixel-4       	 1192695	       960.0 ns/op	     376 B/op	      11 allocs/op
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/512x512,_10_frames,_5_sample/pixel-4       	 1000000	      1035 ns/op	     392 B/op	      11 allocs/op

After chunked reading optimization:
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/10x10,_10_frames,_1_sample/pixel-4         	 1000000	      1005 ns/op	     376 B/op	      11 allocs/op
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/100x100,_10_frames,_1_sample/pixel-4       	 1000000	      1019 ns/op	     376 B/op	      11 allocs/op
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/512x512,_10_frames,_1_sample/pixel-4       	 1377295	       916.3 ns/op	     376 B/op	      11 allocs/op
BenchmarkReadNativeFrames/512x512,_10_frames,_5_sample/pixel-4       	 1380470	       859.4 ns/op	     392 B/op	      11 allocs/op

The chunked reads yielded an improvement in processing speed, particularly noticeable for 512x512 frames with 5 samples/pixel (1035 ns/op down to 859.4 ns/op, an ~17% improvement).
Memory allocations remain stable, keeping the parser highly memory-efficient.

Note that tests passed successfully and there is no degradation in behavior.

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