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+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import platform
+import random
+import stat
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+
+#
+# python3 signal9.py '/Users/davidkyle/Development/NLP Models/elser_2/elser_model_2.pt' --num_allocations=4
+#
+
+def parse_arguments():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('model', help='A TorchScript model with .pt extension')
+    # The pipes are created by the C++ app
+    # The names must match those passed to app
+    parser.add_argument('--output_file', default='out.json')
+    parser.add_argument('--log_file', default='log.txt')
+    parser.add_argument('--num_threads_per_allocation', type=int, help='The number of inference threads used by LibTorch. Defaults to 1.')
+    parser.add_argument('--num_allocations', type=int, help='The number of allocations for parallel forwarding. Defaults to 1')
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def path_to_app():
+
+    os_platform = platform.system()
+    if os_platform == 'Darwin':
+        if platform.machine() == 'arm64':
+            sub_path = 'darwin-aarch64/controller.app/Contents/MacOS/'
+        else:
+            sub_path = 'darwin-x86_64/controller.app/Contents/MacOS/'
+    elif os_platform == 'Linux':
+        if platform.machine() == 'aarch64':
+            sub_path = 'linux-aarch64/bin/'
+        else:
+            sub_path = 'linux-x86_64/bin/'
+    elif os_platform == 'Windows':
+        sub_path = 'windows-x86_64/bin/'
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError('Unknown platform')
+
+    return "../../build/distribution/platform/" + sub_path + "pytorch_inference"
+
+def lauch_pytorch_app(args, input_pipe, restore_file):
+
+    command = [path_to_app(),
+        '--restore=' + restore_file,
+        '--input=' + input_pipe, '--inputIsPipe',
+        '--output=' + args.output_file,
+		# '--logPipe=' + args.log_file,
+        '--validElasticLicenseKeyConfirmed=true',
+        ]
+
+    if args.num_threads_per_allocation:
+        command.append('--numThreadsPerAllocation=' + str(args.num_threads_per_allocation))
+
+    if args.num_allocations:
+        command.append('--numAllocations=' + str(args.num_allocations))
+    
+    # For the memory benchmark always use the immediate executor
+    # if args.memory_benchmark:
+    #     command.append('--useImmediateExecutor')    
+    subprocess.Popen(command)
+
+
+def stream_file(source, destination) :
+	while True:
+		piece = source.read(8192)  
+		if not piece:
+			break
+
+		destination.write(piece)
+
+def wait_for_pipe(file_name, num_retries=5) :
+	'''
+	the pipe must exist else it will be created as an 
+	ordinary file when opened for write
+	'''
+	while num_retries > 0:
+		try:
+			if stat.S_ISFIFO(os.stat(file_name).st_mode):
+				break
+		except Exception:
+			pass
+
+
+		num_retries = num_retries -1
+		time.sleep(5)
+
+	return stat.S_ISFIFO(os.stat(file_name).st_mode)
+
+def write_mem_usage_request(request_num, destination):
+    json.dump({"request_id": "mem_" + str(request_num), "control": 2}, destination)
+
+def write_random_request(request_id, destination):    
+    json.dump(build_random_inference_request(request_id=request_id), destination)            
+
+def build_random_inference_request(request_id):
+    num_tokens = 510
+    tokens = [101] # CLS
+    for _ in range(num_tokens):
+        tokens.append(random.randrange(110, 28000))
+    tokens.append(102) # SEP
+
+    arg_1 = [1] * (num_tokens + 2)
+    arg_2 = [0] * (num_tokens + 2)
+    arg_3 = [i for i in range(num_tokens + 2)]
+
+    request = {
+          "request_id": request_id,
+          "tokens": [tokens],
+          "arg_1": [arg_1],
+          "arg_2": [arg_2],
+          "arg_3": [arg_3],
+    }
+
+    return request
+    
+      
+      
+      
+
+def restore_model(model, restore_file_name):
+    # create the restore file
+    with open(restore_file_name, 'wb') as restore_file:
+        file_stats = os.stat(model)
+        file_size = file_stats.st_size
+
+        # 4 byte unsigned int
+        b = (file_size).to_bytes(4, 'big')
+        restore_file.write(b)
+
+        print("streaming model of size", file_size, flush=True)
+
+        with open(model, 'rb') as source_file:
+            stream_file(source_file, restore_file) 
+
+
+def main():
+
+    args = parse_arguments()
+
+    input_pipe_name = "model_input"
+    restore_file_name = "model_restore_temp"
+
+        # stream the torchscript model	 
+    restore_model(args.model, restore_file_name=restore_file_name)
+
+    lauch_pytorch_app(args, input_pipe=input_pipe_name, restore_file=restore_file_name)
+
+
+    if not wait_for_pipe(input_pipe_name):	
+        print("Error: input pipe [{}] has not been created".format(input_pipe_name))
+        return
+
+    input_pipe = open(input_pipe_name, 'w')
+
+    print("writing requests")
+
+    i = 0
+    while True:
+        if i % 100 == 0:
+            print("mem")
+            write_mem_usage_request(str(i), input_pipe)
+        else:
+            write_random_request(str(i), input_pipe)
+
+        i = i + 1
+        
+
+    input_pipe.close()
+
+
+	
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()