refactor: Add AlignedBytes types

crates/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "Minimal implementation of the Arrow specification forked from arr
 
 [dependencies]
 atoi = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-bytemuck = { workspace = true }
+bytemuck = { workspace = true, features = ["must_cast"] }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 # for timezone support
 chrono-tz = { workspace = true, optional = true }

crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/view.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use polars_utils::total_ord::{TotalEq, TotalOrd};
 
 use crate::buffer::Buffer;
 use crate::datatypes::PrimitiveType;
-use crate::types::NativeType;
+use crate::types::{Bytes16Alignment4, NativeType};
 
 // We use this instead of u128 because we want alignment of <= 8 bytes.
 /// A reference to a set of bytes.
@@ -346,7 +346,9 @@ impl MinMax for View {
 
 impl NativeType for View {
     const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType = PrimitiveType::UInt128;
+
     type Bytes = [u8; 16];
+    type AlignedBytes = Bytes16Alignment4;
 
     #[inline]
     fn to_le_bytes(&self) -> Self::Bytes {

crates/polars-arrow/src/types/aligned_bytes.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+use bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable};
+
+use super::{days_ms, f16, i256, months_days_ns};
+use crate::array::View;
+
+/// Define that a type has the same byte alignment and size as `B`.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// This is safe to implement if both types have the same alignment and size.
+pub unsafe trait AlignedBytesCast<B: AlignedBytes>: Pod {}
+
+/// A representation of a type as raw bytes with the same alignment as the original type.
+pub trait AlignedBytes: Pod + Zeroable + Copy + Default + Eq {
+    const ALIGNMENT: usize;
+    const SIZE: usize;
+
+    type Unaligned: AsRef<[u8]>
+        + AsMut<[u8]>
+        + std::ops::Index<usize, Output = u8>
+        + std::ops::IndexMut<usize, Output = u8>
+        + for<'a> TryFrom<&'a [u8]>
+        + std::fmt::Debug
+        + Default
+        + IntoIterator<Item = u8>
+        + Pod;
+
+    fn to_unaligned(&self) -> Self::Unaligned;
+    fn from_unaligned(unaligned: Self::Unaligned) -> Self;
+
+    /// Safely cast a mutable reference to a [`Vec`] of `T` to a mutable reference of `Self`.
+    fn cast_vec_ref_mut<T: AlignedBytesCast<Self>>(vec: &mut Vec<T>) -> &mut Vec<Self> {
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+            assert_eq!(size_of::<T>(), size_of::<Self>());
+            assert_eq!(align_of::<T>(), align_of::<Self>());
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: SameBytes guarantees that T:
+        // 1. has the same size
+        // 2. has the same alignment
+        // 3. is Pod (therefore has no life-time issues)
+        unsafe { std::mem::transmute(vec) }
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! impl_aligned_bytes {
+    (
+        $(($name:ident, $size:literal, $alignment:literal, [$($eq_type:ty),*]),)+
+    ) => {
+        $(
+        /// Bytes with a size and alignment.
+        ///
+        /// This is used to reduce the monomorphizations for routines that solely rely on the size
+        /// and alignment of types.
+        #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Pod, Zeroable)]
+        #[repr(C, align($alignment))]
+        pub struct $name([u8; $size]);
+
+        impl AlignedBytes for $name {
+            const ALIGNMENT: usize = $alignment;
+            const SIZE: usize = $size;
+
+            type Unaligned = [u8; $size];
+
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn to_unaligned(&self) -> Self::Unaligned {
+                self.0
+            }
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn from_unaligned(unaligned: Self::Unaligned) -> Self {
+                Self(unaligned)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl AsRef<[u8; $size]> for $name {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8; $size] {
+                &self.0
+            }
+        }
+
+        $(
+        impl From<$eq_type> for $name {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn from(value: $eq_type) -> Self {
+                bytemuck::must_cast(value)
+            }
+        }
+        impl From<$name> for $eq_type {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn from(value: $name) -> Self {
+                bytemuck::must_cast(value)
+            }
+        }
+        unsafe impl AlignedBytesCast<$name> for $eq_type {}
+        )*
+        )+
+    }
+}
+
+impl_aligned_bytes! {
+    (Bytes1Alignment1, 1, 1, [u8, i8]),
+    (Bytes2Alignment2, 2, 2, [u16, i16, f16]),
+    (Bytes4Alignment4, 4, 4, [u32, i32, f32]),
+    (Bytes8Alignment8, 8, 8, [u64, i64, f64]),
+    (Bytes8Alignment4, 8, 4, [days_ms]),
+    (Bytes12Alignment4, 12, 4, [[u32; 3]]),
+    (Bytes16Alignment4, 16, 4, [View]),
+    (Bytes16Alignment8, 16, 8, [months_days_ns]),
+    (Bytes16Alignment16, 16, 16, [u128, i128]),
+    (Bytes32Alignment16, 32, 16, [i256]),
+}

crates/polars-arrow/src/types/mod.rs

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 //! Finally, this module contains traits used to compile code based on [`NativeType`] optimized
 //! for SIMD, at [`mod@simd`].
 
+mod aligned_bytes;
+pub use aligned_bytes::*;
 mod bit_chunk;
 pub use bit_chunk::{BitChunk, BitChunkIter, BitChunkOnes};
 mod index;

crates/polars-arrow/src/types/native.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use polars_utils::min_max::MinMax;
 use polars_utils::nulls::IsNull;
 use polars_utils::total_ord::{ToTotalOrd, TotalEq, TotalHash, TotalOrd, TotalOrdWrap};
 
+use super::aligned_bytes::*;
 use super::PrimitiveType;
 
 /// Sealed trait implemented by all physical types that can be allocated,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ pub trait NativeType:
     + TotalOrd
     + IsNull
     + MinMax
+    + AlignedBytesCast<Self::AlignedBytes>
 {
     /// The corresponding variant of [`PrimitiveType`].
     const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType;
@@ -42,6 +44,11 @@ pub trait NativeType:
         + Default
         + IntoIterator<Item = u8>;
 
+    /// Type denoting its representation as aligned bytes.
+    ///
+    /// This is `[u8; N]` where `N = size_of::<Self>` and has alignment `align_of::<Self>`.
+    type AlignedBytes: AlignedBytes<Unaligned = Self::Bytes> + From<Self> + Into<Self>;
+
     /// To bytes in little endian
     fn to_le_bytes(&self) -> Self::Bytes;
 
@@ -56,11 +63,13 @@ pub trait NativeType:
 }
 
 macro_rules! native_type {
-    ($type:ty, $primitive_type:expr) => {
+    ($type:ty, $aligned:ty, $primitive_type:expr) => {
         impl NativeType for $type {
             const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType = $primitive_type;
 
-            type Bytes = [u8; size_of::<Self>()];
+            type Bytes = [u8; std::mem::size_of::<Self>()];
+            type AlignedBytes = $aligned;
+
             #[inline]
             fn to_le_bytes(&self) -> Self::Bytes {
                 Self::to_le_bytes(*self)
@@ -84,18 +93,18 @@ macro_rules! native_type {
     };
 }
 
-native_type!(u8, PrimitiveType::UInt8);
-native_type!(u16, PrimitiveType::UInt16);
-native_type!(u32, PrimitiveType::UInt32);
-native_type!(u64, PrimitiveType::UInt64);
-native_type!(i8, PrimitiveType::Int8);
-native_type!(i16, PrimitiveType::Int16);
-native_type!(i32, PrimitiveType::Int32);
-native_type!(i64, PrimitiveType::Int64);
-native_type!(f32, PrimitiveType::Float32);
-native_type!(f64, PrimitiveType::Float64);
-native_type!(i128, PrimitiveType::Int128);
-native_type!(u128, PrimitiveType::UInt128);
+native_type!(u8, Bytes1Alignment1, PrimitiveType::UInt8);
+native_type!(u16, Bytes2Alignment2, PrimitiveType::UInt16);
+native_type!(u32, Bytes4Alignment4, PrimitiveType::UInt32);
+native_type!(u64, Bytes8Alignment8, PrimitiveType::UInt64);
+native_type!(i8, Bytes1Alignment1, PrimitiveType::Int8);
+native_type!(i16, Bytes2Alignment2, PrimitiveType::Int16);
+native_type!(i32, Bytes4Alignment4, PrimitiveType::Int32);
+native_type!(i64, Bytes8Alignment8, PrimitiveType::Int64);
+native_type!(f32, Bytes4Alignment4, PrimitiveType::Float32);
+native_type!(f64, Bytes8Alignment8, PrimitiveType::Float64);
+native_type!(i128, Bytes16Alignment16, PrimitiveType::Int128);
+native_type!(u128, Bytes16Alignment16, PrimitiveType::UInt128);
 
 /// The in-memory representation of the DayMillisecond variant of arrow's "Interval" logical type.
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Zeroable, Pod)]
@@ -151,7 +160,10 @@ impl MinMax for days_ms {
 
 impl NativeType for days_ms {
     const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType = PrimitiveType::DaysMs;
+
     type Bytes = [u8; 8];
+    type AlignedBytes = Bytes8Alignment4;
+
     #[inline]
     fn to_le_bytes(&self) -> Self::Bytes {
         let days = self.0.to_le_bytes();
@@ -289,7 +301,10 @@ impl MinMax for months_days_ns {
 
 impl NativeType for months_days_ns {
     const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType = PrimitiveType::MonthDayNano;
+
     type Bytes = [u8; 16];
+    type AlignedBytes = Bytes16Alignment8;
+
     #[inline]
     fn to_le_bytes(&self) -> Self::Bytes {
         let months = self.months().to_le_bytes();
@@ -658,7 +673,10 @@ impl MinMax for f16 {
 
 impl NativeType for f16 {
     const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType = PrimitiveType::Float16;
+
     type Bytes = [u8; 2];
+    type AlignedBytes = Bytes2Alignment2;
+
     #[inline]
     fn to_le_bytes(&self) -> Self::Bytes {
         self.0.to_le_bytes()
@@ -758,6 +776,7 @@ impl NativeType for i256 {
     const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType = PrimitiveType::Int256;
 
     type Bytes = [u8; 32];
+    type AlignedBytes = Bytes32Alignment16;
 
     #[inline]
     fn to_le_bytes(&self) -> Self::Bytes {