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1 // Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
5 package testing
7 import (
8 "flag"
9 "fmt"
10 "internal/race"
11 "os"
12 "runtime"
13 "sync"
14 "sync/atomic"
15 "time"
18 var matchBenchmarks = flag.String("test.bench", "", "run only benchmarks matching `regexp`")
19 var benchTime = flag.Duration("test.benchtime", 1*time.Second, "run each benchmark for duration `d`")
20 var benchmarkMemory = flag.Bool("test.benchmem", false, "print memory allocations for benchmarks")
22 // Global lock to ensure only one benchmark runs at a time.
23 var benchmarkLock sync.Mutex
25 // Used for every benchmark for measuring memory.
26 var memStats runtime.MemStats
28 // An internal type but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
29 // of the "go test" command.
30 type InternalBenchmark struct {
31 Name string
32 F func(b *B)
35 // B is a type passed to Benchmark functions to manage benchmark
36 // timing and to specify the number of iterations to run.
38 // A benchmark ends when its Benchmark function returns or calls any of the methods
39 // FailNow, Fatal, Fatalf, SkipNow, Skip, or Skipf. Those methods must be called
40 // only from the goroutine running the Benchmark function.
41 // The other reporting methods, such as the variations of Log and Error,
42 // may be called simultaneously from multiple goroutines.
44 // Like in tests, benchmark logs are accumulated during execution
45 // and dumped to standard error when done. Unlike in tests, benchmark logs
46 // are always printed, so as not to hide output whose existence may be
47 // affecting benchmark results.
48 type B struct {
49 common
50 importPath string // import path of the package containing the benchmark
51 context *benchContext
52 N int
53 previousN int // number of iterations in the previous run
54 previousDuration time.Duration // total duration of the previous run
55 benchFunc func(b *B)
56 benchTime time.Duration
57 bytes int64
58 missingBytes bool // one of the subbenchmarks does not have bytes set.
59 timerOn bool
60 showAllocResult bool
61 result BenchmarkResult
62 parallelism int // RunParallel creates parallelism*GOMAXPROCS goroutines
63 // The initial states of memStats.Mallocs and memStats.TotalAlloc.
64 startAllocs uint64
65 startBytes uint64
66 // The net total of this test after being run.
67 netAllocs uint64
68 netBytes uint64
71 // StartTimer starts timing a test. This function is called automatically
72 // before a benchmark starts, but it can also used to resume timing after
73 // a call to StopTimer.
74 func (b *B) StartTimer() {
75 if !b.timerOn {
76 runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
77 b.startAllocs = memStats.Mallocs
78 b.startBytes = memStats.TotalAlloc
79 b.start = time.Now()
80 b.timerOn = true
84 // StopTimer stops timing a test. This can be used to pause the timer
85 // while performing complex initialization that you don't
86 // want to measure.
87 func (b *B) StopTimer() {
88 if b.timerOn {
89 b.duration += time.Now().Sub(b.start)
90 runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
91 b.netAllocs += memStats.Mallocs - b.startAllocs
92 b.netBytes += memStats.TotalAlloc - b.startBytes
93 b.timerOn = false
97 // ResetTimer zeros the elapsed benchmark time and memory allocation counters.
98 // It does not affect whether the timer is running.
99 func (b *B) ResetTimer() {
100 if b.timerOn {
101 runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
102 b.startAllocs = memStats.Mallocs
103 b.startBytes = memStats.TotalAlloc
104 b.start = time.Now()
106 b.duration = 0
107 b.netAllocs = 0
108 b.netBytes = 0
111 // SetBytes records the number of bytes processed in a single operation.
112 // If this is called, the benchmark will report ns/op and MB/s.
113 func (b *B) SetBytes(n int64) { b.bytes = n }
115 // ReportAllocs enables malloc statistics for this benchmark.
116 // It is equivalent to setting -test.benchmem, but it only affects the
117 // benchmark function that calls ReportAllocs.
118 func (b *B) ReportAllocs() {
119 b.showAllocResult = true
122 func (b *B) nsPerOp() int64 {
123 if b.N <= 0 {
124 return 0
126 return b.duration.Nanoseconds() / int64(b.N)
129 // runN runs a single benchmark for the specified number of iterations.
130 func (b *B) runN(n int) {
131 benchmarkLock.Lock()
132 defer benchmarkLock.Unlock()
133 // Try to get a comparable environment for each run
134 // by clearing garbage from previous runs.
135 runtime.GC()
136 b.raceErrors = -race.Errors()
137 b.N = n
138 b.parallelism = 1
139 b.ResetTimer()
140 b.StartTimer()
141 b.benchFunc(b)
142 b.StopTimer()
143 b.previousN = n
144 b.previousDuration = b.duration
145 b.raceErrors += race.Errors()
146 if b.raceErrors > 0 {
147 b.Errorf("race detected during execution of benchmark")
151 func min(x, y int) int {
152 if x > y {
153 return y
155 return x
158 func max(x, y int) int {
159 if x < y {
160 return y
162 return x
165 // roundDown10 rounds a number down to the nearest power of 10.
166 func roundDown10(n int) int {
167 var tens = 0
168 // tens = floor(log_10(n))
169 for n >= 10 {
170 n = n / 10
171 tens++
173 // result = 10^tens
174 result := 1
175 for i := 0; i < tens; i++ {
176 result *= 10
178 return result
181 // roundUp rounds x up to a number of the form [1eX, 2eX, 3eX, 5eX].
182 func roundUp(n int) int {
183 base := roundDown10(n)
184 switch {
185 case n <= base:
186 return base
187 case n <= (2 * base):
188 return 2 * base
189 case n <= (3 * base):
190 return 3 * base
191 case n <= (5 * base):
192 return 5 * base
193 default:
194 return 10 * base
198 // run1 runs the first iteration of benchFunc. It returns whether more
199 // iterations of this benchmarks should be run.
200 func (b *B) run1() bool {
201 if ctx := b.context; ctx != nil {
202 // Extend maxLen, if needed.
203 if n := len(b.name) + ctx.extLen + 1; n > ctx.maxLen {
204 ctx.maxLen = n + 8 // Add additional slack to avoid too many jumps in size.
207 go func() {
208 // Signal that we're done whether we return normally
209 // or by FailNow's runtime.Goexit.
210 defer func() {
211 b.signal <- true
214 b.runN(1)
216 <-b.signal
217 if b.failed {
218 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- FAIL: %s\n%s", b.name, b.output)
219 return false
221 // Only print the output if we know we are not going to proceed.
222 // Otherwise it is printed in processBench.
223 if atomic.LoadInt32(&b.hasSub) != 0 || b.finished {
224 tag := "BENCH"
225 if b.skipped {
226 tag = "SKIP"
228 if b.chatty && (len(b.output) > 0 || b.finished) {
229 b.trimOutput()
230 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- %s: %s\n%s", tag, b.name, b.output)
232 return false
234 return true
237 var labelsOnce sync.Once
239 // run executes the benchmark in a separate goroutine, including all of its
240 // subbenchmarks. b must not have subbenchmarks.
241 func (b *B) run() BenchmarkResult {
242 labelsOnce.Do(func() {
243 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "goos: %s\n", runtime.GOOS)
244 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "goarch: %s\n", runtime.GOARCH)
245 if b.importPath != "" {
246 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "pkg: %s\n", b.importPath)
249 if b.context != nil {
250 // Running go test --test.bench
251 b.context.processBench(b) // Must call doBench.
252 } else {
253 // Running func Benchmark.
254 b.doBench()
256 return b.result
259 func (b *B) doBench() BenchmarkResult {
260 go b.launch()
261 <-b.signal
262 return b.result
265 // launch launches the benchmark function. It gradually increases the number
266 // of benchmark iterations until the benchmark runs for the requested benchtime.
267 // launch is run by the doBench function as a separate goroutine.
268 // run1 must have been called on b.
269 func (b *B) launch() {
270 // Signal that we're done whether we return normally
271 // or by FailNow's runtime.Goexit.
272 defer func() {
273 b.signal <- true
276 // Run the benchmark for at least the specified amount of time.
277 d := b.benchTime
278 for n := 1; !b.failed && b.duration < d && n < 1e9; {
279 last := n
280 // Predict required iterations.
281 n = int(d.Nanoseconds())
282 if nsop := b.nsPerOp(); nsop != 0 {
283 n /= int(nsop)
285 // Run more iterations than we think we'll need (1.2x).
286 // Don't grow too fast in case we had timing errors previously.
287 // Be sure to run at least one more than last time.
288 n = max(min(n+n/5, 100*last), last+1)
289 // Round up to something easy to read.
290 n = roundUp(n)
291 b.runN(n)
293 b.result = BenchmarkResult{b.N, b.duration, b.bytes, b.netAllocs, b.netBytes}
296 // The results of a benchmark run.
297 type BenchmarkResult struct {
298 N int // The number of iterations.
299 T time.Duration // The total time taken.
300 Bytes int64 // Bytes processed in one iteration.
301 MemAllocs uint64 // The total number of memory allocations.
302 MemBytes uint64 // The total number of bytes allocated.
305 func (r BenchmarkResult) NsPerOp() int64 {
306 if r.N <= 0 {
307 return 0
309 return r.T.Nanoseconds() / int64(r.N)
312 func (r BenchmarkResult) mbPerSec() float64 {
313 if r.Bytes <= 0 || r.T <= 0 || r.N <= 0 {
314 return 0
316 return (float64(r.Bytes) * float64(r.N) / 1e6) / r.T.Seconds()
319 // AllocsPerOp returns r.MemAllocs / r.N.
320 func (r BenchmarkResult) AllocsPerOp() int64 {
321 if r.N <= 0 {
322 return 0
324 return int64(r.MemAllocs) / int64(r.N)
327 // AllocedBytesPerOp returns r.MemBytes / r.N.
328 func (r BenchmarkResult) AllocedBytesPerOp() int64 {
329 if r.N <= 0 {
330 return 0
332 return int64(r.MemBytes) / int64(r.N)
335 func (r BenchmarkResult) String() string {
336 mbs := r.mbPerSec()
337 mb := ""
338 if mbs != 0 {
339 mb = fmt.Sprintf("\t%7.2f MB/s", mbs)
341 nsop := r.NsPerOp()
342 ns := fmt.Sprintf("%10d ns/op", nsop)
343 if r.N > 0 && nsop < 100 {
344 // The format specifiers here make sure that
345 // the ones digits line up for all three possible formats.
346 if nsop < 10 {
347 ns = fmt.Sprintf("%13.2f ns/op", float64(r.T.Nanoseconds())/float64(r.N))
348 } else {
349 ns = fmt.Sprintf("%12.1f ns/op", float64(r.T.Nanoseconds())/float64(r.N))
352 return fmt.Sprintf("%8d\t%s%s", r.N, ns, mb)
355 // MemString returns r.AllocedBytesPerOp and r.AllocsPerOp in the same format as 'go test'.
356 func (r BenchmarkResult) MemString() string {
357 return fmt.Sprintf("%8d B/op\t%8d allocs/op",
358 r.AllocedBytesPerOp(), r.AllocsPerOp())
361 // benchmarkName returns full name of benchmark including procs suffix.
362 func benchmarkName(name string, n int) string {
363 if n != 1 {
364 return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", name, n)
366 return name
369 type benchContext struct {
370 match *matcher
372 maxLen int // The largest recorded benchmark name.
373 extLen int // Maximum extension length.
376 // An internal function but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
377 // of the "go test" command.
378 func RunBenchmarks(matchString func(pat, str string) (bool, error), benchmarks []InternalBenchmark) {
379 runBenchmarks("", matchString, benchmarks)
382 func runBenchmarks(importPath string, matchString func(pat, str string) (bool, error), benchmarks []InternalBenchmark) bool {
383 // If no flag was specified, don't run benchmarks.
384 if len(*matchBenchmarks) == 0 {
385 return true
387 // Collect matching benchmarks and determine longest name.
388 maxprocs := 1
389 for _, procs := range cpuList {
390 if procs > maxprocs {
391 maxprocs = procs
394 ctx := &benchContext{
395 match: newMatcher(matchString, *matchBenchmarks, "-test.bench"),
396 extLen: len(benchmarkName("", maxprocs)),
398 var bs []InternalBenchmark
399 for _, Benchmark := range benchmarks {
400 if _, matched, _ := ctx.match.fullName(nil, Benchmark.Name); matched {
401 bs = append(bs, Benchmark)
402 benchName := benchmarkName(Benchmark.Name, maxprocs)
403 if l := len(benchName) + ctx.extLen + 1; l > ctx.maxLen {
404 ctx.maxLen = l
408 main := &B{
409 common: common{
410 name: "Main",
411 w: os.Stdout,
412 chatty: *chatty,
414 importPath: importPath,
415 benchFunc: func(b *B) {
416 for _, Benchmark := range bs {
417 b.Run(Benchmark.Name, Benchmark.F)
420 benchTime: *benchTime,
421 context: ctx,
423 main.runN(1)
424 return !main.failed
427 // processBench runs bench b for the configured CPU counts and prints the results.
428 func (ctx *benchContext) processBench(b *B) {
429 for i, procs := range cpuList {
430 runtime.GOMAXPROCS(procs)
431 benchName := benchmarkName(b.name, procs)
432 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "%-*s\t", ctx.maxLen, benchName)
433 // Recompute the running time for all but the first iteration.
434 if i > 0 {
435 b = &B{
436 common: common{
437 signal: make(chan bool),
438 name: b.name,
439 w: b.w,
440 chatty: b.chatty,
442 benchFunc: b.benchFunc,
443 benchTime: b.benchTime,
445 b.run1()
447 r := b.doBench()
448 if b.failed {
449 // The output could be very long here, but probably isn't.
450 // We print it all, regardless, because we don't want to trim the reason
451 // the benchmark failed.
452 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- FAIL: %s\n%s", benchName, b.output)
453 continue
455 results := r.String()
456 if *benchmarkMemory || b.showAllocResult {
457 results += "\t" + r.MemString()
459 fmt.Fprintln(b.w, results)
460 // Unlike with tests, we ignore the -chatty flag and always print output for
461 // benchmarks since the output generation time will skew the results.
462 if len(b.output) > 0 {
463 b.trimOutput()
464 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- BENCH: %s\n%s", benchName, b.output)
466 if p := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(-1); p != procs {
467 fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: %s left GOMAXPROCS set to %d\n", benchName, p)
472 // Run benchmarks f as a subbenchmark with the given name. It reports
473 // whether there were any failures.
475 // A subbenchmark is like any other benchmark. A benchmark that calls Run at
476 // least once will not be measured itself and will be called once with N=1.
478 // Run may be called simultaneously from multiple goroutines, but all such
479 // calls must return before the outer benchmark function for b returns.
480 func (b *B) Run(name string, f func(b *B)) bool {
481 // Since b has subbenchmarks, we will no longer run it as a benchmark itself.
482 // Release the lock and acquire it on exit to ensure locks stay paired.
483 atomic.StoreInt32(&b.hasSub, 1)
484 benchmarkLock.Unlock()
485 defer benchmarkLock.Lock()
487 benchName, ok, partial := b.name, true, false
488 if b.context != nil {
489 benchName, ok, partial = b.context.match.fullName(&b.common, name)
491 if !ok {
492 return true
494 sub := &B{
495 common: common{
496 signal: make(chan bool),
497 name: benchName,
498 parent: &b.common,
499 level: b.level + 1,
500 w: b.w,
501 chatty: b.chatty,
503 importPath: b.importPath,
504 benchFunc: f,
505 benchTime: b.benchTime,
506 context: b.context,
508 if partial {
509 // Partial name match, like -bench=X/Y matching BenchmarkX.
510 // Only process sub-benchmarks, if any.
511 atomic.StoreInt32(&sub.hasSub, 1)
513 if sub.run1() {
514 sub.run()
516 b.add(sub.result)
517 return !sub.failed
520 // add simulates running benchmarks in sequence in a single iteration. It is
521 // used to give some meaningful results in case func Benchmark is used in
522 // combination with Run.
523 func (b *B) add(other BenchmarkResult) {
524 r := &b.result
525 // The aggregated BenchmarkResults resemble running all subbenchmarks as
526 // in sequence in a single benchmark.
527 r.N = 1
528 r.T += time.Duration(other.NsPerOp())
529 if other.Bytes == 0 {
530 // Summing Bytes is meaningless in aggregate if not all subbenchmarks
531 // set it.
532 b.missingBytes = true
533 r.Bytes = 0
535 if !b.missingBytes {
536 r.Bytes += other.Bytes
538 r.MemAllocs += uint64(other.AllocsPerOp())
539 r.MemBytes += uint64(other.AllocedBytesPerOp())
542 // trimOutput shortens the output from a benchmark, which can be very long.
543 func (b *B) trimOutput() {
544 // The output is likely to appear multiple times because the benchmark
545 // is run multiple times, but at least it will be seen. This is not a big deal
546 // because benchmarks rarely print, but just in case, we trim it if it's too long.
547 const maxNewlines = 10
548 for nlCount, j := 0, 0; j < len(b.output); j++ {
549 if b.output[j] == '\n' {
550 nlCount++
551 if nlCount >= maxNewlines {
552 b.output = append(b.output[:j], "\n\t... [output truncated]\n"...)
553 break
559 // A PB is used by RunParallel for running parallel benchmarks.
560 type PB struct {
561 globalN *uint64 // shared between all worker goroutines iteration counter
562 grain uint64 // acquire that many iterations from globalN at once
563 cache uint64 // local cache of acquired iterations
564 bN uint64 // total number of iterations to execute (b.N)
567 // Next reports whether there are more iterations to execute.
568 func (pb *PB) Next() bool {
569 if pb.cache == 0 {
570 n := atomic.AddUint64(pb.globalN, pb.grain)
571 if n <= pb.bN {
572 pb.cache = pb.grain
573 } else if n < pb.bN+pb.grain {
574 pb.cache = pb.bN + pb.grain - n
575 } else {
576 return false
579 pb.cache--
580 return true
583 // RunParallel runs a benchmark in parallel.
584 // It creates multiple goroutines and distributes b.N iterations among them.
585 // The number of goroutines defaults to GOMAXPROCS. To increase parallelism for
586 // non-CPU-bound benchmarks, call SetParallelism before RunParallel.
587 // RunParallel is usually used with the go test -cpu flag.
589 // The body function will be run in each goroutine. It should set up any
590 // goroutine-local state and then iterate until pb.Next returns false.
591 // It should not use the StartTimer, StopTimer, or ResetTimer functions,
592 // because they have global effect. It should also not call Run.
593 func (b *B) RunParallel(body func(*PB)) {
594 if b.N == 0 {
595 return // Nothing to do when probing.
597 // Calculate grain size as number of iterations that take ~100µs.
598 // 100µs is enough to amortize the overhead and provide sufficient
599 // dynamic load balancing.
600 grain := uint64(0)
601 if b.previousN > 0 && b.previousDuration > 0 {
602 grain = 1e5 * uint64(b.previousN) / uint64(b.previousDuration)
604 if grain < 1 {
605 grain = 1
607 // We expect the inner loop and function call to take at least 10ns,
608 // so do not do more than 100µs/10ns=1e4 iterations.
609 if grain > 1e4 {
610 grain = 1e4
613 n := uint64(0)
614 numProcs := b.parallelism * runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)
615 var wg sync.WaitGroup
616 wg.Add(numProcs)
617 for p := 0; p < numProcs; p++ {
618 go func() {
619 defer wg.Done()
620 pb := &PB{
621 globalN: &n,
622 grain: grain,
623 bN: uint64(b.N),
625 body(pb)
628 wg.Wait()
629 if n <= uint64(b.N) && !b.Failed() {
630 b.Fatal("RunParallel: body exited without pb.Next() == false")
634 // SetParallelism sets the number of goroutines used by RunParallel to p*GOMAXPROCS.
635 // There is usually no need to call SetParallelism for CPU-bound benchmarks.
636 // If p is less than 1, this call will have no effect.
637 func (b *B) SetParallelism(p int) {
638 if p >= 1 {
639 b.parallelism = p
643 // Benchmark benchmarks a single function. Useful for creating
644 // custom benchmarks that do not use the "go test" command.
646 // If f calls Run, the result will be an estimate of running all its
647 // subbenchmarks that don't call Run in sequence in a single benchmark.
648 func Benchmark(f func(b *B)) BenchmarkResult {
649 b := &B{
650 common: common{
651 signal: make(chan bool),
652 w: discard{},
654 benchFunc: f,
655 benchTime: *benchTime,
657 if b.run1() {
658 b.run()
660 return b.result
663 type discard struct{}
665 func (discard) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) { return len(b), nil }