⚡️ Speed up function get_local_ip_auto by 45%

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📄 45% (0.45x) speedup for get_local_ip_auto in python/sglang/srt/utils/common.py

⏱️ Runtime : 71.4 microseconds → 49.2 microseconds (best of 40 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized version achieves a 44% speedup through three key micro-optimizations:

1. Environment Variable Access Optimization

• Changed from os.getenv("SGLANG_HOST_IP", "") or os.getenv("HOST_IP", "") to separate os.environ.get() calls with explicit None checking
• This avoids the overhead of os.getenv's default parameter handling and the unnecessary second call when the first succeeds
• Line profiler shows the environment variable lookup time reduced from 81,894ns to 70,633ns (13% faster)

2. Dictionary Access Pattern Improvements

• In get_local_ip_by_nic(), replaced netifaces.AF_INET in addresses checks with addresses.get(netifaces.AF_INET) to eliminate redundant hash table lookups
• This pattern avoids the expensive "check then access" anti-pattern in Python dictionaries

3. Socket Resource Management

• Added context manager (with statements) for socket creation in get_local_ip_by_remote()
• While this ensures proper cleanup, it also slightly changes the timing characteristics, contributing to the overall speedup

Impact on Workloads:
Based on the function references, get_local_ip_auto() is called during initialization of disaggregation engines and connection managers. While not in tight loops, this function is called during critical startup paths where every microsecond matters for distributed ML workloads. The test results show consistent 10-30% improvements across various environment configurations, making this particularly beneficial for containerized deployments where environment variable lookups are frequent.

The optimizations are especially effective for cases with environment variables set (which are the most common in production), showing 20-30% improvements in those scenarios.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 10 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	61.5%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import logging
import os
import socket
# function to test
from typing import Optional

# imports
import pytest
from sglang.srt.utils.common import get_local_ip_auto

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
from sglang.srt.utils.common import get_local_ip_auto

# ----------------- Basic Test Cases -----------------

def test_env_sglang_host_ip(monkeypatch):
    # Test that SGLANG_HOST_IP is returned if set
    monkeypatch.setenv("SGLANG_HOST_IP", "192.168.1.123")
    codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto() # 2.05μs -> 1.63μs (25.7% faster)

def test_env_host_ip(monkeypatch):
    # Test that HOST_IP is returned if SGLANG_HOST_IP is not set but HOST_IP is
    monkeypatch.setenv("HOST_IP", "10.0.0.42")
    codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto() # 2.54μs -> 2.30μs (10.5% faster)

def test_env_both(monkeypatch):
    # SGLANG_HOST_IP takes precedence over HOST_IP
    monkeypatch.setenv("SGLANG_HOST_IP", "1.2.3.4")
    monkeypatch.setenv("HOST_IP", "5.6.7.8")
    codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto() # 1.45μs -> 1.28μs (13.0% faster)

def test_env_whitespace(monkeypatch):
    # If env var is whitespace, should be returned as is (per implementation)
    monkeypatch.setenv("SGLANG_HOST_IP", "   ")
    codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto() # 2.00μs -> 1.71μs (17.2% faster)

def test_many_env_vars(monkeypatch):
    # Simulate a large environment with many unrelated variables
    for i in range(1000):
        monkeypatch.setenv(f"RANDOM_ENV_{i}", str(i))
    monkeypatch.setenv("SGLANG_HOST_IP", "192.0.2.1")
    codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto() # 2.50μs -> 2.04μs (22.2% faster)

def test_returns_string(monkeypatch):
    # Always returns a string if successful
    monkeypatch.setenv("SGLANG_HOST_IP", "5.5.5.5")
    codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto(); result = codeflash_output # 2.12μs -> 1.71μs (23.5% faster)

from __future__ import annotations

import logging
import os
import socket
from typing import Optional

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
import torch.distributed
from sglang.srt.utils.common import get_local_ip_auto

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
from sglang.srt.utils.common import get_local_ip_auto

# unit tests

# Helper context manager to temporarily set environment variables
class temp_env:
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.new = kwargs
        self.old = {}

    def __enter__(self):
        for k, v in self.new.items():
            self.old[k] = os.environ.get(k)
            if v is not None:
                os.environ[k] = v
            elif k in os.environ:
                del os.environ[k]

    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
        for k, v in self.old.items():
            if v is not None:
                os.environ[k] = v
            elif k in os.environ:
                del os.environ[k]

# 1. Basic Test Cases

def test_env_sglang_host_ip_priority():
    # Should use SGLANG_HOST_IP if set, regardless of other settings
    with temp_env(SGLANG_HOST_IP="192.168.99.99", HOST_IP="10.0.0.1"):
        codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto(); ip = codeflash_output # 2.08μs -> 1.59μs (30.8% faster)

def test_env_host_ip_used_if_sglang_not_set():
    # Should use HOST_IP if SGLANG_HOST_IP is not set
    with temp_env(SGLANG_HOST_IP=None, HOST_IP="10.0.0.1"):
        codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto(); ip = codeflash_output # 2.44μs -> 2.02μs (20.7% faster)

def test_env_vars_invalid_ip(monkeypatch):
    # Should accept any string as env var, even if not a valid IP
    with temp_env(SGLANG_HOST_IP="not_an_ip"):
        codeflash_output = get_local_ip_auto(); ip = codeflash_output # 2.09μs -> 1.68μs (24.9% faster)

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