NVIDIA / NVIDIA/CUDALibrarySamples

Lz4 compressor, uses too much shared memory reducing occupancy by 50%.

Open
#349 3 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

@naveenaero is already working on this.

Since Apr 29, 2026.

nvCOMP
Dominant language
Cuda
Stars
2.5k
Forks
478
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

I assume you probably only performance tested the A100, and saw that there is no issue there, but on my 2070s, its occupancy is reduced by 50%.

I read the source code and it seems to be hardcoded.

Attached Nsight compute report (zipped cause GitHub doesn't allow such file extensions.
1.zip

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.