perf stat: Improve output
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1 /*
2 * builtin-stat.c
4 * Builtin stat command: Give a precise performance counters summary
5 * overview about any workload, CPU or specific PID.
7 * Sample output:
9 $ perf stat ~/hackbench 10
10 Time: 0.104
12 Performance counter stats for '/home/mingo/hackbench':
14 1255.538611 task clock ticks # 10.143 CPU utilization factor
15 54011 context switches # 0.043 M/sec
16 385 CPU migrations # 0.000 M/sec
17 17755 pagefaults # 0.014 M/sec
18 3808323185 CPU cycles # 3033.219 M/sec
19 1575111190 instructions # 1254.530 M/sec
20 17367895 cache references # 13.833 M/sec
21 7674421 cache misses # 6.112 M/sec
23 Wall-clock time elapsed: 123.786620 msecs
26 * Copyright (C) 2008, Red Hat Inc, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
28 * Improvements and fixes by:
30 * Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
31 * Yanmin Zhang <yanmin.zhang@intel.com>
32 * Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
33 * Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
34 * Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
35 * Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>
37 * Released under the GPL v2. (and only v2, not any later version)
40 #include "perf.h"
41 #include "builtin.h"
42 #include "util/util.h"
43 #include "util/parse-options.h"
44 #include "util/parse-events.h"
46 #include <sys/prctl.h>
47 #include <math.h>
49 static struct perf_counter_attr default_attrs[MAX_COUNTERS] = {
51 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK },
52 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES},
53 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS },
54 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS },
56 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES },
57 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS },
58 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES},
59 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES },
63 #define MAX_RUN 100
65 static int system_wide = 0;
66 static int verbose = 0;
67 static int nr_cpus = 0;
68 static int run_idx = 0;
70 static int run_count = 1;
71 static int inherit = 1;
72 static int scale = 1;
73 static int target_pid = -1;
74 static int null_run = 0;
76 static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
78 static u64 runtime_nsecs[MAX_RUN];
79 static u64 walltime_nsecs[MAX_RUN];
80 static u64 runtime_cycles[MAX_RUN];
82 static u64 event_res[MAX_RUN][MAX_COUNTERS][3];
83 static u64 event_scaled[MAX_RUN][MAX_COUNTERS];
85 static u64 event_res_avg[MAX_COUNTERS][3];
86 static u64 event_res_noise[MAX_COUNTERS][3];
88 static u64 event_scaled_avg[MAX_COUNTERS];
90 static u64 runtime_nsecs_avg;
91 static u64 runtime_nsecs_noise;
93 static u64 walltime_nsecs_avg;
94 static u64 walltime_nsecs_noise;
96 static u64 runtime_cycles_avg;
97 static u64 runtime_cycles_noise;
99 #define ERR_PERF_OPEN \
100 "Error: counter %d, sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n"
102 static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter)
104 struct perf_counter_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
106 if (scale)
107 attr->read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
108 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING;
110 if (system_wide) {
111 int cpu;
112 for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
113 fd[cpu][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, -1, cpu, -1, 0);
114 if (fd[cpu][counter] < 0 && verbose)
115 fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
116 fd[cpu][counter], strerror(errno));
118 } else {
119 attr->inherit = inherit;
120 attr->disabled = 1;
122 fd[0][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
123 if (fd[0][counter] < 0 && verbose)
124 fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
125 fd[0][counter], strerror(errno));
130 * Does the counter have nsecs as a unit?
132 static inline int nsec_counter(int counter)
134 if (attrs[counter].type != PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
135 return 0;
137 if (attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK)
138 return 1;
140 if (attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK)
141 return 1;
143 return 0;
147 * Read out the results of a single counter:
149 static void read_counter(int counter)
151 u64 *count, single_count[3];
152 ssize_t res;
153 int cpu, nv;
154 int scaled;
156 count = event_res[run_idx][counter];
158 count[0] = count[1] = count[2] = 0;
160 nv = scale ? 3 : 1;
161 for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
162 if (fd[cpu][counter] < 0)
163 continue;
165 res = read(fd[cpu][counter], single_count, nv * sizeof(u64));
166 assert(res == nv * sizeof(u64));
167 close(fd[cpu][counter]);
168 fd[cpu][counter] = -1;
170 count[0] += single_count[0];
171 if (scale) {
172 count[1] += single_count[1];
173 count[2] += single_count[2];
177 scaled = 0;
178 if (scale) {
179 if (count[2] == 0) {
180 event_scaled[run_idx][counter] = -1;
181 count[0] = 0;
182 return;
185 if (count[2] < count[1]) {
186 event_scaled[run_idx][counter] = 1;
187 count[0] = (unsigned long long)
188 ((double)count[0] * count[1] / count[2] + 0.5);
192 * Save the full runtime - to allow normalization during printout:
194 if (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE &&
195 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK)
196 runtime_nsecs[run_idx] = count[0];
197 if (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
198 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES)
199 runtime_cycles[run_idx] = count[0];
202 static int run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
204 unsigned long long t0, t1;
205 int status = 0;
206 int counter;
207 int pid;
209 if (!system_wide)
210 nr_cpus = 1;
212 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
213 create_perf_stat_counter(counter);
216 * Enable counters and exec the command:
218 t0 = rdclock();
219 prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE);
221 if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
222 perror("failed to fork");
224 if (!pid) {
225 if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
226 perror(argv[0]);
227 exit(-1);
231 wait(&status);
233 prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE);
234 t1 = rdclock();
236 walltime_nsecs[run_idx] = t1 - t0;
238 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
239 read_counter(counter);
241 return WEXITSTATUS(status);
244 static void print_noise(u64 *count, u64 *noise)
246 if (run_count > 1)
247 fprintf(stderr, " ( +- %7.3f%% )",
248 (double)noise[0]/(count[0]+1)*100.0);
251 static void nsec_printout(int counter, u64 *count, u64 *noise)
253 double msecs = (double)count[0] / 1000000;
255 fprintf(stderr, " %14.6f %-24s", msecs, event_name(counter));
257 if (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE &&
258 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK) {
260 if (walltime_nsecs_avg)
261 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f CPUs ",
262 (double)count[0] / (double)walltime_nsecs_avg);
264 print_noise(count, noise);
267 static void abs_printout(int counter, u64 *count, u64 *noise)
269 fprintf(stderr, " %14Ld %-24s", count[0], event_name(counter));
271 if (runtime_cycles_avg &&
272 attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
273 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS) {
275 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f IPC ",
276 (double)count[0] / (double)runtime_cycles_avg);
277 } else {
278 if (runtime_nsecs_avg) {
279 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f M/sec",
280 (double)count[0]/runtime_nsecs_avg*1000.0);
283 print_noise(count, noise);
287 * Print out the results of a single counter:
289 static void print_counter(int counter)
291 u64 *count, *noise;
292 int scaled;
294 count = event_res_avg[counter];
295 noise = event_res_noise[counter];
296 scaled = event_scaled_avg[counter];
298 if (scaled == -1) {
299 fprintf(stderr, " %14s %-24s\n",
300 "<not counted>", event_name(counter));
301 return;
304 if (nsec_counter(counter))
305 nsec_printout(counter, count, noise);
306 else
307 abs_printout(counter, count, noise);
309 if (scaled)
310 fprintf(stderr, " (%7.2fx scaled)", (double)count[1]/count[2]);
312 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
316 * normalize_noise noise values down to stddev:
318 static void normalize_noise(u64 *val)
320 double res;
322 res = (double)*val / (run_count * sqrt((double)run_count));
324 *val = (u64)res;
327 static void update_avg(const char *name, int idx, u64 *avg, u64 *val)
329 *avg += *val;
331 if (verbose > 1)
332 fprintf(stderr, "debug: %20s[%d]: %Ld\n", name, idx, *val);
335 * Calculate the averages and noises:
337 static void calc_avg(void)
339 int i, j;
341 if (verbose > 1)
342 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
344 for (i = 0; i < run_count; i++) {
345 update_avg("runtime", 0, &runtime_nsecs_avg, runtime_nsecs + i);
346 update_avg("walltime", 0, &walltime_nsecs_avg, walltime_nsecs + i);
347 update_avg("runtime_cycles", 0, &runtime_cycles_avg, runtime_cycles + i);
349 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
350 update_avg("counter/0", j,
351 event_res_avg[j]+0, event_res[i][j]+0);
352 update_avg("counter/1", j,
353 event_res_avg[j]+1, event_res[i][j]+1);
354 update_avg("counter/2", j,
355 event_res_avg[j]+2, event_res[i][j]+2);
356 if (event_scaled[i][j] != -1)
357 update_avg("scaled", j,
358 event_scaled_avg + j, event_scaled[i]+j);
359 else
360 event_scaled_avg[j] = -1;
363 runtime_nsecs_avg /= run_count;
364 walltime_nsecs_avg /= run_count;
365 runtime_cycles_avg /= run_count;
367 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
368 event_res_avg[j][0] /= run_count;
369 event_res_avg[j][1] /= run_count;
370 event_res_avg[j][2] /= run_count;
373 for (i = 0; i < run_count; i++) {
374 runtime_nsecs_noise +=
375 abs((s64)(runtime_nsecs[i] - runtime_nsecs_avg));
376 walltime_nsecs_noise +=
377 abs((s64)(walltime_nsecs[i] - walltime_nsecs_avg));
378 runtime_cycles_noise +=
379 abs((s64)(runtime_cycles[i] - runtime_cycles_avg));
381 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
382 event_res_noise[j][0] +=
383 abs((s64)(event_res[i][j][0] - event_res_avg[j][0]));
384 event_res_noise[j][1] +=
385 abs((s64)(event_res[i][j][1] - event_res_avg[j][1]));
386 event_res_noise[j][2] +=
387 abs((s64)(event_res[i][j][2] - event_res_avg[j][2]));
391 normalize_noise(&runtime_nsecs_noise);
392 normalize_noise(&walltime_nsecs_noise);
393 normalize_noise(&runtime_cycles_noise);
395 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
396 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise[j][0]);
397 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise[j][1]);
398 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise[j][2]);
402 static void print_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
404 int i, counter;
406 calc_avg();
408 fflush(stdout);
410 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
411 fprintf(stderr, " Performance counter stats for \'%s", argv[0]);
413 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
414 fprintf(stderr, " %s", argv[i]);
416 fprintf(stderr, "\'");
417 if (run_count > 1)
418 fprintf(stderr, " (%d runs)", run_count);
419 fprintf(stderr, ":\n\n");
421 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
422 print_counter(counter);
424 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
425 fprintf(stderr, " %14.9f seconds time elapsed",
426 (double)walltime_nsecs_avg/1e9);
427 if (run_count > 1) {
428 fprintf(stderr, " ( +- %7.3f%% )",
429 100.0*(double)walltime_nsecs_noise/(double)walltime_nsecs_avg);
431 fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
434 static volatile int signr = -1;
436 static void skip_signal(int signo)
438 signr = signo;
441 static void sig_atexit(void)
443 if (signr == -1)
444 return;
446 signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
447 kill(getpid(), signr);
450 static const char * const stat_usage[] = {
451 "perf stat [<options>] <command>",
452 NULL
455 static const struct option options[] = {
456 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
457 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
458 parse_events),
459 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
460 "child tasks inherit counters"),
461 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
462 "stat events on existing pid"),
463 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
464 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
465 OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "scale", &scale,
466 "scale/normalize counters"),
467 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
468 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
469 OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &run_count,
470 "repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)"),
471 OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "null", &null_run,
472 "null run - dont start any counters"),
473 OPT_END()
476 int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
478 int status;
480 memcpy(attrs, default_attrs, sizeof(attrs));
482 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, stat_usage, 0);
483 if (!argc)
484 usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
485 if (run_count <= 0 || run_count > MAX_RUN)
486 usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
488 if (!null_run && !nr_counters)
489 nr_counters = 8;
491 nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
492 assert(nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_CPUS);
493 assert(nr_cpus >= 0);
496 * We dont want to block the signals - that would cause
497 * child tasks to inherit that and Ctrl-C would not work.
498 * What we want is for Ctrl-C to work in the exec()-ed
499 * task, but being ignored by perf stat itself:
501 atexit(sig_atexit);
502 signal(SIGINT, skip_signal);
503 signal(SIGALRM, skip_signal);
504 signal(SIGABRT, skip_signal);
506 status = 0;
507 for (run_idx = 0; run_idx < run_count; run_idx++) {
508 if (run_count != 1 && verbose)
509 fprintf(stderr, "[ perf stat: executing run #%d ... ]\n", run_idx + 1);
510 status = run_perf_stat(argc, argv);
513 print_stat(argc, argv);
515 return status;