1 ;;; elp.el --- Emacs Lisp Profiler
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 2001-2011
4 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Barry A. Warsaw
8 ;; Created: 26-Feb-1994
9 ;; Keywords: debugging lisp tools
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28 ;; If you want to profile a bunch of functions, set elp-function-list
29 ;; to the list of symbols, then do a M-x elp-instrument-list. This
30 ;; hacks those functions so that profiling information is recorded
31 ;; whenever they are called. To print out the current results, use
32 ;; M-x elp-results. If you want output to go to standard-output
33 ;; instead of a separate buffer, setq elp-use-standard-output to
34 ;; non-nil. With elp-reset-after-results set to non-nil, profiling
35 ;; information will be reset whenever the results are displayed. You
36 ;; can also reset all profiling info at any time with M-x
39 ;; You can also instrument all functions in a package, provided that
40 ;; the package follows the GNU coding standard of a common textual
41 ;; prefix. Use M-x elp-instrument-package for this.
43 ;; If you want to sort the results, set elp-sort-by-function to some
44 ;; predicate function. The three most obvious choices are predefined:
45 ;; elp-sort-by-call-count, elp-sort-by-average-time, and
46 ;; elp-sort-by-total-time. Also, you can prune from the output, all
47 ;; functions that have been called fewer than a given number of times
48 ;; by setting elp-report-limit.
50 ;; Elp can instrument byte-compiled functions just as easily as
51 ;; interpreted functions, but it cannot instrument macros. However,
52 ;; when you redefine a function (e.g. with eval-defun), you'll need to
53 ;; re-instrument it with M-x elp-instrument-function. This will also
54 ;; reset profiling information for that function. Elp can handle
55 ;; interactive functions (i.e. commands), but of course any time spent
56 ;; idling for user prompts will show up in the timing results.
58 ;; You can also designate a `master' function. Profiling times will
59 ;; be gathered for instrumented functions only during execution of
60 ;; this master function. Thus, if you have some defuns like:
62 ;; (defun foo () (do-something-time-intensive))
63 ;; (defun bar () (foo))
64 ;; (defun baz () (bar) (foo))
66 ;; and you want to find out the amount of time spent in bar and foo,
67 ;; but only during execution of bar, make bar the master. The call of
68 ;; foo from baz will not add to foo's total timing sums. Use M-x
69 ;; elp-set-master and M-x elp-unset-master to utilize this feature.
70 ;; Only one master function can be set at a time.
72 ;; You can restore any function's original function definition with
73 ;; elp-restore-function. The other instrument, restore, and reset
74 ;; functions are provided for symmetry.
76 ;; Here is a list of variable you can use to customize elp:
78 ;; elp-reset-after-results
79 ;; elp-sort-by-function
82 ;; Here is a list of the interactive commands you can use:
83 ;; elp-instrument-function
84 ;; elp-restore-function
85 ;; elp-instrument-list
87 ;; elp-instrument-package
96 ;; Note that there are plenty of factors that could make the times
97 ;; reported unreliable, including the accuracy and granularity of your
98 ;; system clock, and the overhead spent in lisp calculating and
99 ;; recording the intervals. I figure the latter is pretty constant,
100 ;; so while the times may not be entirely accurate, I think they'll
101 ;; give you a good feel for the relative amount of work spent in the
102 ;; various lisp routines you are profiling. Note further that times
103 ;; are calculated using wall-clock time, so other system load will
104 ;; affect accuracy too.
108 ;; This program was inspired by the only two existing Emacs Lisp
109 ;; profilers that I'm aware of, Boaz Ben-Zvi's profile.el, and Root
110 ;; Boy Jim's profiler.el. Both were written for Emacs 18 and both were
111 ;; pretty good first shots at profiling, but I found that they didn't
112 ;; provide the functionality or interface that I wanted, so I wrote
113 ;; this. I've tested elp in XEmacs 19 and Emacs 19. There's no point
114 ;; in even trying to make this work with Emacs 18.
116 ;; Unlike previous profilers, elp uses Emacs 19's built-in function
117 ;; current-time to return interval times. This obviates the need for
118 ;; both an external C program and Emacs processes to communicate with
119 ;; such a program, and thus simplifies the package as a whole.
122 ;; Make this act like a real profiler, so that it records time spent
123 ;; in all branches of execution.
128 ;; start of user configuration variables
129 ;; vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
132 "Emacs Lisp Profiler."
135 (defcustom elp-function-list nil
136 "List of functions to profile.
137 Used by the command `elp-instrument-list'."
138 :type
'(repeat function
)
141 (defcustom elp-reset-after-results t
142 "Non-nil means reset all profiling info after results are displayed.
143 Results are displayed with the `elp-results' command."
147 (defcustom elp-sort-by-function
'elp-sort-by-total-time
148 "Non-nil specifies ELP results sorting function.
149 These functions are currently available:
151 elp-sort-by-call-count -- sort by the highest call count
152 elp-sort-by-total-time -- sort by the highest total time
153 elp-sort-by-average-time -- sort by the highest average times
155 You can write your own sort function. It should adhere to the
156 interface specified by the PREDICATE argument for `sort'.
157 Each \"element of LIST\" is really a 4 element vector where element 0 is
158 the call count, element 1 is the total time spent in the function,
159 element 2 is the average time spent in the function, and element 3 is
160 the symbol's name string."
164 (defcustom elp-report-limit
1
165 "Prevent some functions from being displayed in the results buffer.
166 If a number, no function that has been called fewer than that number
167 of times will be displayed in the output buffer. If nil, all
168 functions will be displayed."
169 :type
'(choice integer
170 (const :tag
"Show All" nil
))
173 (defcustom elp-use-standard-output nil
174 "If non-nil, output to `standard-output' instead of a buffer."
178 (defcustom elp-recycle-buffers-p t
179 "If nil, don't recycle the `elp-results-buffer'.
180 In other words, a new unique buffer is create every time you run
186 ;; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
187 ;; end of user configuration variables
190 (defvar elp-results-buffer
"*ELP Profiling Results*"
191 "Buffer name for outputting profiling results.")
193 (defconst elp-timer-info-property
'elp-info
194 "ELP information property name.")
196 (defvar elp-all-instrumented-list nil
197 "List of all functions currently being instrumented.")
199 (defvar elp-record-p t
200 "Controls whether functions should record times or not.
201 This variable is set by the master function.")
203 (defvar elp-master nil
204 "Master function symbol.")
206 (defvar elp-not-profilable
207 ;; First, the functions used inside each instrumented function:
208 '(elp-wrapper called-interactively-p
209 ;; Then the functions used by the above functions. I used
210 ;; (delq nil (mapcar (lambda (x) (and (symbolp x) (fboundp x) x))
211 ;; (aref (symbol-function 'elp-wrapper) 2)))
212 ;; to help me find this list.
213 error call-interactively apply current-time
214 ;; Andreas Politz reports problems profiling these (Bug#4233):
215 + byte-code-function-p functionp byte-code subrp
216 indirect-function fboundp
)
217 "List of functions that cannot be profiled.
218 Those functions are used internally by the profiling code and profiling
219 them would thus lead to infinite recursion.")
221 (defun elp-profilable-p (fun)
224 (not (or (memq fun elp-not-profilable
)
226 (memq (car-safe (symbol-function fun
)) '(autoload macro
))
228 (when (subrp (indirect-function fun
))
230 (cdr (subr-arity (indirect-function fun
)))))
235 (defun elp-instrument-function (funsym)
236 "Instrument FUNSYM for profiling.
237 FUNSYM must be a symbol of a defined function."
238 (interactive "aFunction to instrument: ")
239 ;; restore the function. this is necessary to avoid infinite
240 ;; recursion of already instrumented functions (i.e. elp-wrapper
241 ;; calling elp-wrapper ad infinitum). it is better to simply
242 ;; restore the function than to throw an error. this will work
243 ;; properly in the face of eval-defun because if the function was
244 ;; redefined, only the timer info will be nil'd out since
245 ;; elp-restore-function is smart enough not to trash the new
247 (elp-restore-function funsym
)
248 (let* ((funguts (symbol-function funsym
))
249 (infovec (vector 0 0 funguts
))
250 (newguts '(lambda (&rest args
))))
251 ;; we cannot profile macros
252 (and (eq (car-safe funguts
) 'macro
)
253 (error "ELP cannot profile macro: %s" funsym
))
254 ;; TBD: at some point it might be better to load the autoloaded
255 ;; function instead of throwing an error. if we do this, then we
256 ;; probably want elp-instrument-package to be updated with the
257 ;; newly loaded list of functions. i'm not sure it's smart to do
258 ;; the autoload here, since that could have side effects, and
259 ;; elp-instrument-function is similar (in my mind) to defun-ish
260 ;; type functionality (i.e. it shouldn't execute the function).
261 (and (eq (car-safe funguts
) 'autoload
)
262 (error "ELP cannot profile autoloaded function: %s" funsym
))
263 ;; We cannot profile functions used internally during profiling.
264 (unless (elp-profilable-p funsym
)
265 (error "ELP cannot profile the function: %s" funsym
))
266 ;; put rest of newguts together
267 (if (commandp funsym
)
268 (setq newguts
(append newguts
'((interactive)))))
269 (setq newguts
(append newguts
`((elp-wrapper
271 ,(when (commandp funsym
)
272 '(called-interactively-p 'any
))
274 ;; to record profiling times, we set the symbol's function
275 ;; definition so that it runs the elp-wrapper function with the
276 ;; function symbol as an argument. We place the old function
277 ;; definition on the info vector.
279 ;; The info vector data structure is a 3 element vector. The 0th
280 ;; element is the call-count, i.e. the total number of times this
281 ;; function has been entered. This value is bumped up on entry to
282 ;; the function so that non-local exists are still recorded. TBD:
283 ;; I haven't tested non-local exits at all, so no guarantees.
285 ;; The 1st element is the total amount of time in usecs that have
286 ;; been spent inside this function. This number is added to on
289 ;; The 2nd element is the old function definition list. This gets
290 ;; funcall'd in between start/end time retrievals. I believe that
291 ;; this lets us profile even byte-compiled functions.
293 ;; put the info vector on the property list
294 (put funsym elp-timer-info-property infovec
)
296 ;; Set the symbol's new profiling function definition to run
298 (let ((advice-info (get funsym
'ad-advice-info
)))
301 ;; If function is advised, don't let Advice change
302 ;; its definition from under us during the `fset'.
303 (put funsym
'ad-advice-info nil
)
304 (fset funsym newguts
)
305 (put funsym
'ad-advice-info advice-info
))
306 (fset funsym newguts
)))
308 ;; add this function to the instrumentation list
309 (unless (memq funsym elp-all-instrumented-list
)
310 (push funsym elp-all-instrumented-list
))))
312 (defun elp-restore-function (funsym)
313 "Restore an instrumented function to its original definition.
314 Argument FUNSYM is the symbol of a defined function."
315 (interactive "aFunction to restore: ")
316 (let ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property
)))
317 ;; delete the function from the all instrumented list
318 (setq elp-all-instrumented-list
319 (delq funsym elp-all-instrumented-list
))
321 ;; if the function was the master, reset the master
322 (if (eq funsym elp-master
)
326 ;; zap the properties
327 (put funsym elp-timer-info-property nil
)
329 ;; restore the original function definition, but if the function
330 ;; wasn't instrumented do nothing. we do this after the above
331 ;; because its possible the function got un-instrumented due to
332 ;; circumstances beyond our control. Also, check to make sure
333 ;; that the current function symbol points to elp-wrapper. If
334 ;; not, then the user probably did an eval-defun, or loaded a
335 ;; byte-compiled version, while the function was instrumented and
336 ;; we don't want to destroy the new definition. can it ever be
337 ;; the case that a lisp function can be compiled instrumented?
340 (not (byte-code-function-p (symbol-function funsym
)))
341 (assq 'elp-wrapper
(symbol-function funsym
))
342 (fset funsym
(aref info
2)))))
345 (defun elp-instrument-list (&optional list
)
346 "Instrument, for profiling, all functions in `elp-function-list'.
347 Use optional LIST if provided instead.
348 If called interactively, read LIST using the minibuffer."
349 (interactive "PList of functions to instrument: ")
351 (signal 'wrong-type-argument
(list 'listp list
)))
352 (let ((list (or list elp-function-list
)))
353 (mapcar 'elp-instrument-function list
)))
356 (defun elp-instrument-package (prefix)
357 "Instrument for profiling, all functions which start with PREFIX.
358 For example, to instrument all ELP functions, do the following:
360 \\[elp-instrument-package] RET elp- RET"
362 (list (completing-read "Prefix of package to instrument: "
363 obarray
'elp-profilable-p
)))
364 (if (zerop (length prefix
))
365 (error "Instrumenting all Emacs functions would render Emacs unusable"))
369 (all-completions prefix obarray
'elp-profilable-p
))))
371 (defun elp-restore-list (&optional list
)
372 "Restore the original definitions for all functions in `elp-function-list'.
373 Use optional LIST if provided instead."
374 (interactive "PList of functions to restore: ")
375 (let ((list (or list elp-function-list
)))
376 (mapcar 'elp-restore-function list
)))
378 (defun elp-restore-all ()
379 "Restore the original definitions of all functions being profiled."
381 (elp-restore-list elp-all-instrumented-list
))
384 (defun elp-reset-function (funsym)
385 "Reset the profiling information for FUNSYM."
386 (interactive "aFunction to reset: ")
387 (let ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property
)))
389 (error "%s is not instrumented for profiling" funsym
))
390 (aset info
0 0) ;reset call counter
391 (aset info
1 0.0) ;reset total time
392 ;; don't muck with aref 2 as that is the old symbol definition
395 (defun elp-reset-list (&optional list
)
396 "Reset the profiling information for all functions in `elp-function-list'.
397 Use optional LIST if provided instead."
398 (interactive "PList of functions to reset: ")
399 (let ((list (or list elp-function-list
)))
400 (mapcar 'elp-reset-function list
)))
402 (defun elp-reset-all ()
403 "Reset the profiling information for all functions being profiled."
405 (elp-reset-list elp-all-instrumented-list
))
407 (defun elp-set-master (funsym)
408 "Set the master function for profiling."
409 (interactive "aMaster function: ")
410 ;; when there's a master function, recording is turned off by
412 (setq elp-master funsym
414 ;; make sure master function is instrumented
415 (or (memq funsym elp-all-instrumented-list
)
416 (elp-instrument-function funsym
)))
418 (defun elp-unset-master ()
419 "Unset the master function."
421 ;; when there's no master function, recording is turned on by default.
426 (defsubst elp-elapsed-time
(start end
)
427 (+ (* (- (car end
) (car start
)) 65536.0)
428 (- (car (cdr end
)) (car (cdr start
)))
429 (/ (- (car (cdr (cdr end
))) (car (cdr (cdr start
)))) 1000000.0)))
431 (defun elp-wrapper (funsym interactive-p args
)
432 "This function has been instrumented for profiling by the ELP.
433 ELP is the Emacs Lisp Profiler. To restore the function to its
434 original definition, use \\[elp-restore-function] or \\[elp-restore-all]."
435 ;; turn on recording if this is the master function
437 (eq funsym elp-master
))
438 (setq elp-record-p t
))
439 ;; get info vector and original function symbol
440 (let* ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property
))
444 (error "%s is not instrumented for profiling" funsym
))
445 (if (not elp-record-p
)
446 ;; when not recording, just call the original function symbol
447 ;; and return the results.
450 (call-interactively func
)
452 ;; we are recording times
453 (let (enter-time exit-time
)
454 ;; increment the call-counter
455 (aset info
0 (1+ (aref info
0)))
456 ;; now call the old symbol function, checking to see if it
457 ;; should be called interactively. make sure we return the
460 (setq enter-time
(current-time)
461 result
(call-interactively func
)
462 exit-time
(current-time))
463 (setq enter-time
(current-time)
464 result
(apply func args
)
465 exit-time
(current-time)))
466 ;; calculate total time in function
467 (aset info
1 (+ (aref info
1) (elp-elapsed-time enter-time exit-time
)))
469 ;; turn off recording if this is the master function
471 (eq funsym elp-master
))
472 (setq elp-record-p nil
))
476 ;; shut the byte-compiler up
477 (defvar elp-field-len nil
)
478 (defvar elp-cc-len nil
)
479 (defvar elp-at-len nil
)
480 (defvar elp-et-len nil
)
482 (defun elp-sort-by-call-count (vec1 vec2
)
483 ;; sort by highest call count. See `sort'.
484 (>= (aref vec1
0) (aref vec2
0)))
486 (defun elp-sort-by-total-time (vec1 vec2
)
487 ;; sort by highest total time spent in function. See `sort'.
488 (>= (aref vec1
1) (aref vec2
1)))
490 (defun elp-sort-by-average-time (vec1 vec2
)
491 ;; sort by highest average time spent in function. See `sort'.
492 (>= (aref vec1
2) (aref vec2
2)))
494 (defsubst elp-pack-number
(number width
)
495 ;; pack the NUMBER string into WIDTH characters, watching out for
496 ;; very small or large numbers
497 (if (<= (length number
) width
)
499 ;; check for very large or small numbers
500 (if (string-match "^\\(.*\\)\\(e[+-].*\\)$" number
)
502 (match-string 1 number
)
504 (- width
(match-end 2) (- (match-beginning 2)) 3))
506 (match-string 2 number
))
507 (substring number
0 width
))))
509 (defun elp-output-result (resultvec)
510 ;; output the RESULTVEC into the results buffer. RESULTVEC is a 4 or
511 ;; more element vector where aref 0 is the call count, aref 1 is the
512 ;; total time spent in the function, aref 2 is the average time
513 ;; spent in the function, and aref 3 is the symbol's string
514 ;; name. All other elements in the vector are ignored.
515 (let* ((cc (aref resultvec
0))
516 (tt (aref resultvec
1))
517 (at (aref resultvec
2))
518 (symname (aref resultvec
3))
519 callcnt totaltime avetime
)
520 (setq callcnt
(number-to-string cc
)
521 totaltime
(number-to-string tt
)
522 avetime
(number-to-string at
))
523 ;; possibly prune the results
524 (if (and elp-report-limit
525 (numberp elp-report-limit
)
526 (< cc elp-report-limit
))
528 (elp-output-insert-symname symname
)
529 (insert-char 32 (+ elp-field-len
(- (length symname
)) 2))
530 ;; print stuff out, formatting it nicely
532 (insert-char 32 (+ elp-cc-len
(- (length callcnt
)) 2))
533 (let ((ttstr (elp-pack-number totaltime elp-et-len
))
534 (atstr (elp-pack-number avetime elp-at-len
)))
536 (insert-char 32 (+ elp-et-len
(- (length ttstr
)) 2))
540 (defvar elp-results-symname-map
541 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
542 (define-key map
[mouse-2
] 'elp-results-jump-to-definition
)
543 (define-key map
[follow-link
] 'mouse-face
)
544 (define-key map
"\C-m" 'elp-results-jump-to-definition
)
546 "Keymap used on the function name column." )
548 (defun elp-results-jump-to-definition (&optional event
)
549 "Jump to the definition of the function under the point."
550 (interactive (list last-nonmenu-event
))
551 (if event
(posn-set-point (event-end event
)))
552 (find-function (get-text-property (point) 'elp-symname
)))
554 (defun elp-output-insert-symname (symname)
555 ;; Insert SYMNAME with text properties.
556 (insert (propertize symname
557 'elp-symname
(intern symname
)
558 'keymap elp-results-symname-map
559 'mouse-face
'highlight
561 'help-echo
"mouse-2 or RET jumps to definition")))
564 (defun elp-results ()
565 "Display current profiling results.
566 If `elp-reset-after-results' is non-nil, then current profiling
567 information for all instrumented functions is reset after results are
570 (let ((curbuf (current-buffer))
571 (resultsbuf (if elp-recycle-buffers-p
572 (get-buffer-create elp-results-buffer
)
573 (generate-new-buffer elp-results-buffer
))))
574 (set-buffer resultsbuf
)
576 ;; get the length of the longest function name being profiled
578 (title "Function Name")
579 (titlelen (length title
))
580 (elp-field-len titlelen
)
581 (cc-header "Call Count")
582 (elp-cc-len (length cc-header
))
583 (et-header "Elapsed Time")
584 (elp-et-len (length et-header
))
585 (at-header "Average Time")
586 (elp-at-len (length at-header
))
591 (let* ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property
))
592 (symname (format "%s" funsym
))
596 (insert "No profiling information found for: "
598 (setq longest
(max longest
(length symname
)))
599 (vector cc tt
(if (zerop cc
)
600 0.0 ;avoid arithmetic div-by-zero errors
601 (/ (float tt
) (float cc
)))
603 elp-all-instrumented-list
))
605 ;; If printing to stdout, insert the header so it will print.
606 ;; Otherwise use header-line-format.
607 (setq elp-field-len
(max titlelen longest
))
608 (if (or elp-use-standard-output noninteractive
)
611 (if (> longest titlelen
)
613 (insert-char 32 (- longest titlelen
))))
614 (insert " " cc-header
" " et-header
" " at-header
"\n")
615 (insert-char ?
= elp-field-len
)
617 (insert-char ?
= elp-cc-len
)
619 (insert-char ?
= elp-et-len
)
621 (insert-char ?
= elp-at-len
)
624 (setq header-line-format
630 'display
(list 'space
:align-to column
)
633 (setq column
(+ column
2
637 (list title cc-header et-header at-header
) ""))))
638 ;; if sorting is enabled, then sort the results list. in either
639 ;; case, call elp-output-result to output the result in the
641 (if elp-sort-by-function
642 (setq resvec
(sort resvec elp-sort-by-function
)))
643 (mapc 'elp-output-result resvec
))
644 ;; now pop up results buffer
646 (pop-to-buffer resultsbuf
)
647 ;; copy results to standard-output?
648 (if (or elp-use-standard-output noninteractive
)
649 (princ (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))
650 (goto-char (point-min)))
651 ;; reset profiling info if desired
652 (and elp-reset-after-results
655 (defun elp-unload-function ()
656 "Unload the Emacs Lisp Profiler."
658 ;; continue standard unloading