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GenTL backend interferes with PyTorch when running in the same process

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python, pytorch
Domain
desktop, performance

Research direction

Start by reproducing the performance degradation when the GenTL backend and PyTorch tasks run in the same process. Compare this with moving either workload to a separate process, then document which arrangement avoids the slowdown and under what machine conditions. Done means the preferred process boundary and supporting evidence are clearly established.

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Description

camera DLClive performance

Performance heavily degrades on some machines when using the GenTL backend and running torch tasks.

This is solved by moving the GenTL or torch work into a different process.

It should be carefully researched whether moving the torch or GenTL processes outside of the main process would be better.

Dominant language
Python
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Forks
28
Avg merge
1d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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