4 * Builtin stat command: Give a precise performance counters summary
5 * overview about any workload, CPU or specific PID.
9 $ perf stat ~/hackbench 10
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>
36 * Released under the GPL v2. (and only v2, not any later version)
41 #include "util/util.h"
42 #include "util/parse-options.h"
43 #include "util/parse-events.h"
45 #include <sys/prctl.h>
48 static struct perf_counter_attr default_attrs
[MAX_COUNTERS
] = {
50 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK
},
51 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES
},
52 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS
},
53 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS
},
55 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
},
56 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS
},
57 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES
},
58 { .type
= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
, .config
= PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES
},
62 static int system_wide
= 0;
63 static int inherit
= 1;
64 static int verbose
= 0;
66 static int fd
[MAX_NR_CPUS
][MAX_COUNTERS
];
68 static int target_pid
= -1;
69 static int nr_cpus
= 0;
70 static unsigned int page_size
;
74 static const unsigned int default_count
[] = {
85 static int run_count
= 1;
86 static int run_idx
= 0;
88 static u64 event_res
[MAX_RUN
][MAX_COUNTERS
][3];
89 static u64 event_scaled
[MAX_RUN
][MAX_COUNTERS
];
91 //static u64 event_hist[MAX_RUN][MAX_COUNTERS][3];
94 static u64 runtime_nsecs
[MAX_RUN
];
95 static u64 walltime_nsecs
[MAX_RUN
];
96 static u64 runtime_cycles
[MAX_RUN
];
98 static u64 event_res_avg
[MAX_COUNTERS
][3];
99 static u64 event_res_noise
[MAX_COUNTERS
][3];
101 static u64 event_scaled_avg
[MAX_COUNTERS
];
103 static u64 runtime_nsecs_avg
;
104 static u64 runtime_nsecs_noise
;
106 static u64 walltime_nsecs_avg
;
107 static u64 walltime_nsecs_noise
;
109 static u64 runtime_cycles_avg
;
110 static u64 runtime_cycles_noise
;
112 static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter
)
114 struct perf_counter_attr
*attr
= attrs
+ counter
;
117 attr
->read_format
= PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED
|
118 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING
;
122 for (cpu
= 0; cpu
< nr_cpus
; cpu
++) {
123 fd
[cpu
][counter
] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr
, -1, cpu
, -1, 0);
124 if (fd
[cpu
][counter
] < 0 && verbose
) {
125 printf("Error: counter %d, sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n", counter
, fd
[cpu
][counter
], strerror(errno
));
129 attr
->inherit
= inherit
;
132 fd
[0][counter
] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr
, 0, -1, -1, 0);
133 if (fd
[0][counter
] < 0 && verbose
) {
134 printf("Error: counter %d, sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n", counter
, fd
[0][counter
], strerror(errno
));
140 * Does the counter have nsecs as a unit?
142 static inline int nsec_counter(int counter
)
144 if (attrs
[counter
].type
!= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
)
147 if (attrs
[counter
].config
== PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK
)
150 if (attrs
[counter
].config
== PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK
)
157 * Read out the results of a single counter:
159 static void read_counter(int counter
)
161 u64
*count
, single_count
[3];
166 count
= event_res
[run_idx
][counter
];
168 count
[0] = count
[1] = count
[2] = 0;
171 for (cpu
= 0; cpu
< nr_cpus
; cpu
++) {
172 if (fd
[cpu
][counter
] < 0)
175 res
= read(fd
[cpu
][counter
], single_count
, nv
* sizeof(u64
));
176 assert(res
== nv
* sizeof(u64
));
177 close(fd
[cpu
][counter
]);
178 fd
[cpu
][counter
] = -1;
180 count
[0] += single_count
[0];
182 count
[1] += single_count
[1];
183 count
[2] += single_count
[2];
190 event_scaled
[run_idx
][counter
] = -1;
195 if (count
[2] < count
[1]) {
196 event_scaled
[run_idx
][counter
] = 1;
197 count
[0] = (unsigned long long)
198 ((double)count
[0] * count
[1] / count
[2] + 0.5);
202 * Save the full runtime - to allow normalization during printout:
204 if (attrs
[counter
].type
== PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
&&
205 attrs
[counter
].config
== PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK
)
206 runtime_nsecs
[run_idx
] = count
[0];
207 if (attrs
[counter
].type
== PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
&&
208 attrs
[counter
].config
== PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
)
209 runtime_cycles
[run_idx
] = count
[0];
212 static int run_perf_stat(int argc
, const char **argv
)
214 unsigned long long t0
, t1
;
222 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++)
223 create_perf_stat_counter(counter
);
226 * Enable counters and exec the command:
229 prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE
);
231 if ((pid
= fork()) < 0)
232 perror("failed to fork");
235 if (execvp(argv
[0], (char **)argv
)) {
243 prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE
);
246 walltime_nsecs
[run_idx
] = t1
- t0
;
248 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++)
249 read_counter(counter
);
251 return WEXITSTATUS(status
);
254 static void print_noise(u64
*count
, u64
*noise
)
257 fprintf(stderr
, " ( +- %7.3f%% )",
258 (double)noise
[0]/(count
[0]+1)*100.0);
261 static void nsec_printout(int counter
, u64
*count
, u64
*noise
)
263 double msecs
= (double)count
[0] / 1000000;
265 fprintf(stderr
, " %14.6f %-20s", msecs
, event_name(counter
));
267 if (attrs
[counter
].type
== PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
&&
268 attrs
[counter
].config
== PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK
) {
270 if (walltime_nsecs_avg
)
271 fprintf(stderr
, " # %10.3f CPUs ",
272 (double)count
[0] / (double)walltime_nsecs_avg
);
274 print_noise(count
, noise
);
277 static void abs_printout(int counter
, u64
*count
, u64
*noise
)
279 fprintf(stderr
, " %14Ld %-20s", count
[0], event_name(counter
));
281 if (runtime_cycles_avg
&&
282 attrs
[counter
].type
== PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
&&
283 attrs
[counter
].config
== PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS
) {
285 fprintf(stderr
, " # %10.3f IPC ",
286 (double)count
[0] / (double)runtime_cycles_avg
);
288 if (runtime_nsecs_avg
) {
289 fprintf(stderr
, " # %10.3f M/sec",
290 (double)count
[0]/runtime_nsecs_avg
*1000.0);
293 print_noise(count
, noise
);
297 * Print out the results of a single counter:
299 static void print_counter(int counter
)
304 count
= event_res_avg
[counter
];
305 noise
= event_res_noise
[counter
];
306 scaled
= event_scaled_avg
[counter
];
309 fprintf(stderr
, " %14s %-20s\n",
310 "<not counted>", event_name(counter
));
314 if (nsec_counter(counter
))
315 nsec_printout(counter
, count
, noise
);
317 abs_printout(counter
, count
, noise
);
320 fprintf(stderr
, " (scaled from %.2f%%)",
321 (double) count
[2] / count
[1] * 100);
323 fprintf(stderr
, "\n");
327 * normalize_noise noise values down to stddev:
329 static void normalize_noise(u64
*val
)
333 res
= (double)*val
/ (run_count
* sqrt((double)run_count
));
338 static void update_avg(const char *name
, int idx
, u64
*avg
, u64
*val
)
343 fprintf(stderr
, "debug: %20s[%d]: %Ld\n", name
, idx
, *val
);
346 * Calculate the averages and noises:
348 static void calc_avg(void)
353 fprintf(stderr
, "\n");
355 for (i
= 0; i
< run_count
; i
++) {
356 update_avg("runtime", 0, &runtime_nsecs_avg
, runtime_nsecs
+ i
);
357 update_avg("walltime", 0, &walltime_nsecs_avg
, walltime_nsecs
+ i
);
358 update_avg("runtime_cycles", 0, &runtime_cycles_avg
, runtime_cycles
+ i
);
360 for (j
= 0; j
< nr_counters
; j
++) {
361 update_avg("counter/0", j
,
362 event_res_avg
[j
]+0, event_res
[i
][j
]+0);
363 update_avg("counter/1", j
,
364 event_res_avg
[j
]+1, event_res
[i
][j
]+1);
365 update_avg("counter/2", j
,
366 event_res_avg
[j
]+2, event_res
[i
][j
]+2);
367 update_avg("scaled", j
,
368 event_scaled_avg
+ j
, event_scaled
[i
]+j
);
371 runtime_nsecs_avg
/= run_count
;
372 walltime_nsecs_avg
/= run_count
;
373 runtime_cycles_avg
/= run_count
;
375 for (j
= 0; j
< nr_counters
; j
++) {
376 event_res_avg
[j
][0] /= run_count
;
377 event_res_avg
[j
][1] /= run_count
;
378 event_res_avg
[j
][2] /= run_count
;
381 for (i
= 0; i
< run_count
; i
++) {
382 runtime_nsecs_noise
+=
383 abs((s64
)(runtime_nsecs
[i
] - runtime_nsecs_avg
));
384 walltime_nsecs_noise
+=
385 abs((s64
)(walltime_nsecs
[i
] - walltime_nsecs_avg
));
386 runtime_cycles_noise
+=
387 abs((s64
)(runtime_cycles
[i
] - runtime_cycles_avg
));
389 for (j
= 0; j
< nr_counters
; j
++) {
390 event_res_noise
[j
][0] +=
391 abs((s64
)(event_res
[i
][j
][0] - event_res_avg
[j
][0]));
392 event_res_noise
[j
][1] +=
393 abs((s64
)(event_res
[i
][j
][1] - event_res_avg
[j
][1]));
394 event_res_noise
[j
][2] +=
395 abs((s64
)(event_res
[i
][j
][2] - event_res_avg
[j
][2]));
399 normalize_noise(&runtime_nsecs_noise
);
400 normalize_noise(&walltime_nsecs_noise
);
401 normalize_noise(&runtime_cycles_noise
);
403 for (j
= 0; j
< nr_counters
; j
++) {
404 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise
[j
][0]);
405 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise
[j
][1]);
406 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise
[j
][2]);
410 static void print_stat(int argc
, const char **argv
)
418 fprintf(stderr
, "\n");
419 fprintf(stderr
, " Performance counter stats for \'%s", argv
[0]);
421 for (i
= 1; i
< argc
; i
++)
422 fprintf(stderr
, " %s", argv
[i
]);
424 fprintf(stderr
, "\'");
426 fprintf(stderr
, " (%d runs)", run_count
);
427 fprintf(stderr
, ":\n\n");
429 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++)
430 print_counter(counter
);
433 fprintf(stderr
, "\n");
434 fprintf(stderr
, " %14.9f seconds time elapsed.\n",
435 (double)walltime_nsecs_avg
/1e9
);
436 fprintf(stderr
, "\n");
439 static volatile int signr
= -1;
441 static void skip_signal(int signo
)
446 static void sig_atexit(void)
451 signal(signr
, SIG_DFL
);
452 kill(getpid(), signr
);
455 static const char * const stat_usage
[] = {
456 "perf stat [<options>] <command>",
460 static const struct option options
[] = {
461 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL
, "event",
462 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
464 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit
,
465 "child tasks inherit counters"),
466 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid
,
467 "stat events on existing pid"),
468 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide
,
469 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
470 OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "scale", &scale
,
471 "scale/normalize counters"),
472 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose
,
473 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
474 OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &run_count
,
475 "repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)"),
479 int cmd_stat(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
483 page_size
= sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE
);
485 memcpy(attrs
, default_attrs
, sizeof(attrs
));
487 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, options
, stat_usage
, 0);
489 usage_with_options(stat_usage
, options
);
490 if (run_count
<= 0 || run_count
> MAX_RUN
)
491 usage_with_options(stat_usage
, options
);
496 nr_cpus
= sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
);
497 assert(nr_cpus
<= MAX_NR_CPUS
);
498 assert(nr_cpus
>= 0);
501 * We dont want to block the signals - that would cause
502 * child tasks to inherit that and Ctrl-C would not work.
503 * What we want is for Ctrl-C to work in the exec()-ed
504 * task, but being ignored by perf stat itself:
507 signal(SIGINT
, skip_signal
);
508 signal(SIGALRM
, skip_signal
);
509 signal(SIGABRT
, skip_signal
);
512 for (run_idx
= 0; run_idx
< run_count
; run_idx
++) {
513 if (run_count
!= 1 && verbose
)
514 fprintf(stderr
, "[ perf stat: executing run #%d ... ]\n", run_idx
+1);
515 status
= run_perf_stat(argc
, argv
);
518 print_stat(argc
, argv
);