perf_analyzer with real input data byte size mismatch

[XIAO-FAN-5257]

when i use input-data by perf

perf_analyzer -m bls --input-data input --shape INPUT:63

it is failing with the following error:

error: Failed to init manager inputs: provided data for input INPUT has 67 byte elements, expect 63

This is how I get input-data

  req_data = {
      "url": "test22",
      "room_id": 22986256,
      "timestamp": 1726638260
  }
  req_json = json.dumps(req_data).encode("utf-8")
  req_numpy = np.array([[req_json]]) # this is input
  req_numpy.tofile("input/INPUT") #this is my input binary file
  print(len(req_json)). # result is 63

I check this binary file by 'cat input/INPUT'

{"url": "test22", "room_id": 22986256, "timestamp": 1726638260}

This is my bls config.pbtxt

name: "bls"
backend: "python"
max_batch_size: 16
input [
  {
    name: "INPUT"
    data_type: TYPE_STRING
    dims: [ -1 ]
  }
]
output [
  {
    name: "OUTPUT"
    data_type: TYPE_STRING
    dims: [ -1 ]
  }
]

instance_group [
  {
    count: 1
    kind: KIND_CPU
  }
]

Has anyone seen it before ?

[matthewkotila]

You may need to use --shape INPUT:67 to account for the 4-byte unsigned integer prepended to the front containing the length of the following bytes:

https://github.com/triton-inference-server/perf_analyzer/blob/main/docs/input_data.md#real-input-data

Note that for STRING type, an element is represented by a 4-byte unsigned integer giving the length followed by the actual bytes. The byte array to be encoded using base64 must include the 4-byte unsigned integers.

[XIAO-FAN-5257]

You may need to use --shape INPUT:67 to account for the 4-byte unsigned integer prepended to the front containing the length of the following bytes:

https://github.com/triton-inference-server/perf_analyzer/blob/main/docs/input_data.md#real-input-data

Note that for STRING type, an element is represented by a 4-byte unsigned integer giving the length followed by the actual bytes. The byte array to be encoded using base64 must include the 4-byte unsigned integers.

I tried to modify this shape parameter, but it still reported the following error

perf_analyzer -m bls --input-data input --shape INPUT:67

error: Failed to init manager inputs: provided data for input INPUT has 67 byte elements, expect 67

[XIAO-FAN-5257]

You may need to use --shape INPUT:67 to account for the 4-byte unsigned integer prepended to the front containing the length of the following bytes:
https://github.com/triton-inference-server/perf_analyzer/blob/main/docs/input_data.md#real-input-data

Note that for STRING type, an element is represented by a 4-byte unsigned integer giving the length followed by the actual bytes. The byte array to be encoded using base64 must include the 4-byte unsigned integers.

I tried to modify this shape parameter, but it still reported the following error

perf_analyzer -m bls --input-data input --shape INPUT:67

error: Failed to init manager inputs: provided data for input INPUT has 67 byte elements, expect 67

@matthewkotila this error is so strange