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 },
64 static int system_wide = 0;
65 static int verbose = 0;
66 static int nr_cpus = 0;
67 static int run_idx = 0;
69 static int run_count = 1;
70 static int inherit = 1;
72 static int target_pid = -1;
73 static int null_run = 0;
75 static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
77 static u64 runtime_nsecs[MAX_RUN];
78 static u64 walltime_nsecs[MAX_RUN];
79 static u64 runtime_cycles[MAX_RUN];
81 static u64 event_res[MAX_RUN][MAX_COUNTERS][3];
82 static u64 event_scaled[MAX_RUN][MAX_COUNTERS];
84 static u64 event_res_avg[MAX_COUNTERS][3];
85 static u64 event_res_noise[MAX_COUNTERS][3];
87 static u64 event_scaled_avg[MAX_COUNTERS];
89 static u64 runtime_nsecs_avg;
90 static u64 runtime_nsecs_noise;
92 static u64 walltime_nsecs_avg;
93 static u64 walltime_nsecs_noise;
95 static u64 runtime_cycles_avg;
96 static u64 runtime_cycles_noise;
98 #define ERR_PERF_OPEN \
99 "Error: counter %d, sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n"
101 static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter)
103 struct perf_counter_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
106 attr->read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
107 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING;
111 for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
112 fd[cpu][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, -1, cpu, -1, 0);
113 if (fd[cpu][counter] < 0 && verbose)
114 fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
115 fd[cpu][counter], strerror(errno));
118 attr->inherit = inherit;
121 fd[0][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
122 if (fd[0][counter] < 0 && verbose)
123 fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
124 fd[0][counter], strerror(errno));
129 * Does the counter have nsecs as a unit?
131 static inline int nsec_counter(int counter)
133 if (attrs[counter].type != PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
136 if (attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK)
139 if (attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK)
146 * Read out the results of a single counter:
148 static void read_counter(int counter)
150 u64 *count, single_count[3];
155 count = event_res[run_idx][counter];
157 count[0] = count[1] = count[2] = 0;
160 for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
161 if (fd[cpu][counter] < 0)
164 res = read(fd[cpu][counter], single_count, nv * sizeof(u64));
165 assert(res == nv * sizeof(u64));
166 close(fd[cpu][counter]);
167 fd[cpu][counter] = -1;
169 count[0] += single_count[0];
171 count[1] += single_count[1];
172 count[2] += single_count[2];
179 event_scaled[run_idx][counter] = -1;
184 if (count[2] < count[1]) {
185 event_scaled[run_idx][counter] = 1;
186 count[0] = (unsigned long long)
187 ((double)count[0] * count[1] / count[2] + 0.5);
191 * Save the full runtime - to allow normalization during printout:
193 if (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE &&
194 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK)
195 runtime_nsecs[run_idx] = count[0];
196 if (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
197 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES)
198 runtime_cycles[run_idx] = count[0];
201 static int run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
203 unsigned long long t0, t1;
211 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
212 create_perf_stat_counter(counter);
215 * Enable counters and exec the command:
218 prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE);
220 if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
221 perror("failed to fork");
224 if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
232 prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE);
235 walltime_nsecs[run_idx] = t1 - t0;
237 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
238 read_counter(counter);
240 return WEXITSTATUS(status);
243 static void print_noise(u64 *count, u64 *noise)
246 fprintf(stderr, " ( +- %7.3f%% )",
247 (double)noise[0]/(count[0]+1)*100.0);
250 static void nsec_printout(int counter, u64 *count, u64 *noise)
252 double msecs = (double)count[0] / 1000000;
254 fprintf(stderr, " %14.6f %-20s", msecs, event_name(counter));
256 if (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE &&
257 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK) {
259 if (walltime_nsecs_avg)
260 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f CPUs ",
261 (double)count[0] / (double)walltime_nsecs_avg);
263 print_noise(count, noise);
266 static void abs_printout(int counter, u64 *count, u64 *noise)
268 fprintf(stderr, " %14Ld %-20s", count[0], event_name(counter));
270 if (runtime_cycles_avg &&
271 attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
272 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS) {
274 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f IPC ",
275 (double)count[0] / (double)runtime_cycles_avg);
277 if (runtime_nsecs_avg) {
278 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f M/sec",
279 (double)count[0]/runtime_nsecs_avg*1000.0);
282 print_noise(count, noise);
286 * Print out the results of a single counter:
288 static void print_counter(int counter)
293 count = event_res_avg[counter];
294 noise = event_res_noise[counter];
295 scaled = event_scaled_avg[counter];
298 fprintf(stderr, " %14s %-20s\n",
299 "<not counted>", event_name(counter));
303 if (nsec_counter(counter))
304 nsec_printout(counter, count, noise);
306 abs_printout(counter, count, noise);
309 fprintf(stderr, " (scaled from %.2f%%)",
310 (double) count[2] / count[1] * 100);
312 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
316 * normalize_noise noise values down to stddev:
318 static void normalize_noise(u64 *val)
322 res = (double)*val / (run_count * sqrt((double)run_count));
327 static void update_avg(const char *name, int idx, u64 *avg, u64 *val)
332 fprintf(stderr, "debug: %20s[%d]: %Ld\n", name, idx, *val);
335 * Calculate the averages and noises:
337 static void calc_avg(void)
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 update_avg("scaled", j,
357 event_scaled_avg + j, event_scaled[i]+j);
360 runtime_nsecs_avg /= run_count;
361 walltime_nsecs_avg /= run_count;
362 runtime_cycles_avg /= run_count;
364 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
365 event_res_avg[j][0] /= run_count;
366 event_res_avg[j][1] /= run_count;
367 event_res_avg[j][2] /= run_count;
370 for (i = 0; i < run_count; i++) {
371 runtime_nsecs_noise +=
372 abs((s64)(runtime_nsecs[i] - runtime_nsecs_avg));
373 walltime_nsecs_noise +=
374 abs((s64)(walltime_nsecs[i] - walltime_nsecs_avg));
375 runtime_cycles_noise +=
376 abs((s64)(runtime_cycles[i] - runtime_cycles_avg));
378 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
379 event_res_noise[j][0] +=
380 abs((s64)(event_res[i][j][0] - event_res_avg[j][0]));
381 event_res_noise[j][1] +=
382 abs((s64)(event_res[i][j][1] - event_res_avg[j][1]));
383 event_res_noise[j][2] +=
384 abs((s64)(event_res[i][j][2] - event_res_avg[j][2]));
388 normalize_noise(&runtime_nsecs_noise);
389 normalize_noise(&walltime_nsecs_noise);
390 normalize_noise(&runtime_cycles_noise);
392 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
393 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise[j][0]);
394 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise[j][1]);
395 normalize_noise(&event_res_noise[j][2]);
399 static void print_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
407 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
408 fprintf(stderr, " Performance counter stats for \'%s", argv[0]);
410 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
411 fprintf(stderr, " %s", argv[i]);
413 fprintf(stderr, "\'");
415 fprintf(stderr, " (%d runs)", run_count);
416 fprintf(stderr, ":\n\n");
418 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
419 print_counter(counter);
422 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
423 fprintf(stderr, " %14.9f seconds time elapsed.\n",
424 (double)walltime_nsecs_avg/1e9);
425 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
428 static volatile int signr = -1;
430 static void skip_signal(int signo)
435 static void sig_atexit(void)
440 signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
441 kill(getpid(), signr);
444 static const char * const stat_usage[] = {
445 "perf stat [<options>] <command>",
449 static const struct option options[] = {
450 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
451 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
453 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
454 "child tasks inherit counters"),
455 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
456 "stat events on existing pid"),
457 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
458 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
459 OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "scale", &scale,
460 "scale/normalize counters"),
461 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
462 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
463 OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &run_count,
464 "repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)"),
465 OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "null", &null_run,
466 "null run - dont start any counters"),
470 int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
474 memcpy(attrs, default_attrs, sizeof(attrs));
476 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, stat_usage, 0);
478 usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
479 if (run_count <= 0 || run_count > MAX_RUN)
480 usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
482 if (!null_run && !nr_counters)
485 nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
486 assert(nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_CPUS);
487 assert(nr_cpus >= 0);
490 * We dont want to block the signals - that would cause
491 * child tasks to inherit that and Ctrl-C would not work.
492 * What we want is for Ctrl-C to work in the exec()-ed
493 * task, but being ignored by perf stat itself:
496 signal(SIGINT, skip_signal);
497 signal(SIGALRM, skip_signal);
498 signal(SIGABRT, skip_signal);
501 for (run_idx = 0; run_idx < run_count; run_idx++) {
502 if (run_count != 1 && verbose)
503 fprintf(stderr, "[ perf stat: executing run #%d ... ]\n", run_idx + 1);
504 status = run_perf_stat(argc, argv);
507 print_stat(argc, argv);