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>
35 * Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>
37 * Released under the GPL v2. (and only v2, not any later version)
42 #include "util/util.h"
43 #include "util/parse-options.h"
44 #include "util/parse-events.h"
45 #include "util/event.h"
46 #include "util/debug.h"
48 #include <sys/prctl.h>
51 static struct perf_counter_attr default_attrs[] = {
53 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK },
54 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES},
55 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS },
56 { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS },
58 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES },
59 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS },
60 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES},
61 { .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES },
67 static int system_wide = 0;
68 static unsigned int nr_cpus = 0;
69 static int run_idx = 0;
71 static int run_count = 1;
72 static int inherit = 1;
74 static int target_pid = -1;
75 static int null_run = 0;
77 static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
79 static u64 runtime_nsecs[MAX_RUN];
80 static u64 walltime_nsecs[MAX_RUN];
81 static u64 runtime_cycles[MAX_RUN];
83 static u64 event_res[MAX_RUN][MAX_COUNTERS][3];
84 static u64 event_scaled[MAX_RUN][MAX_COUNTERS];
92 static double avg_stats(struct stats *stats)
94 return stats->sum / run_count;
98 * stddev = sqrt(1/N (\Sum n_i^2) - avg(n)^2)
100 static double stddev_stats(struct stats *stats)
102 double avg = stats->sum / run_count;
104 return sqrt(stats->sum_sq/run_count - avg*avg);
107 struct stats event_res_stats[MAX_COUNTERS][3];
108 struct stats event_scaled_stats[MAX_COUNTERS];
109 struct stats runtime_nsecs_stats;
110 struct stats walltime_nsecs_stats;
111 struct stats runtime_cycles_stats;
113 #define MATCH_EVENT(t, c, counter) \
114 (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_##t && \
115 attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_##c)
117 #define ERR_PERF_OPEN \
118 "Error: counter %d, sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n"
120 static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter, int pid)
122 struct perf_counter_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
125 attr->read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
126 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING;
131 for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
132 fd[cpu][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, -1, cpu, -1, 0);
133 if (fd[cpu][counter] < 0 && verbose)
134 fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
135 fd[cpu][counter], strerror(errno));
138 attr->inherit = inherit;
140 attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
142 fd[0][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, pid, -1, -1, 0);
143 if (fd[0][counter] < 0 && verbose)
144 fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
145 fd[0][counter], strerror(errno));
150 * Does the counter have nsecs as a unit?
152 static inline int nsec_counter(int counter)
154 if (MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_CPU_CLOCK, counter) ||
155 MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK, counter))
162 * Read out the results of a single counter:
164 static void read_counter(int counter)
166 u64 *count, single_count[3];
171 count = event_res[run_idx][counter];
173 count[0] = count[1] = count[2] = 0;
176 for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
177 if (fd[cpu][counter] < 0)
180 res = read(fd[cpu][counter], single_count, nv * sizeof(u64));
181 assert(res == nv * sizeof(u64));
183 close(fd[cpu][counter]);
184 fd[cpu][counter] = -1;
186 count[0] += single_count[0];
188 count[1] += single_count[1];
189 count[2] += single_count[2];
196 event_scaled[run_idx][counter] = -1;
201 if (count[2] < count[1]) {
202 event_scaled[run_idx][counter] = 1;
203 count[0] = (unsigned long long)
204 ((double)count[0] * count[1] / count[2] + 0.5);
208 * Save the full runtime - to allow normalization during printout:
210 if (MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK, counter))
211 runtime_nsecs[run_idx] = count[0];
212 if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES, counter))
213 runtime_cycles[run_idx] = count[0];
216 static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv)
218 unsigned long long t0, t1;
222 int child_ready_pipe[2], go_pipe[2];
228 if (pipe(child_ready_pipe) < 0 || pipe(go_pipe) < 0) {
229 perror("failed to create pipes");
233 if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
234 perror("failed to fork");
237 close(child_ready_pipe[0]);
239 fcntl(go_pipe[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
242 * Do a dummy execvp to get the PLT entry resolved,
243 * so we avoid the resolver overhead on the real
246 execvp("", (char **)argv);
249 * Tell the parent we're ready to go
251 close(child_ready_pipe[1]);
254 * Wait until the parent tells us to go.
256 if (read(go_pipe[0], &buf, 1) == -1)
257 perror("unable to read pipe");
259 execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv);
266 * Wait for the child to be ready to exec.
268 close(child_ready_pipe[1]);
270 if (read(child_ready_pipe[0], &buf, 1) == -1)
271 perror("unable to read pipe");
272 close(child_ready_pipe[0]);
274 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
275 create_perf_stat_counter(counter, pid);
278 * Enable counters and exec the command:
287 walltime_nsecs[run_idx] = t1 - t0;
289 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
290 read_counter(counter);
292 return WEXITSTATUS(status);
295 static void print_noise(double avg, double stddev)
298 fprintf(stderr, " ( +- %7.3f%% )", 100*stddev / avg);
301 static void nsec_printout(int counter, double avg, double stddev)
303 double msecs = avg / 1e6;
305 fprintf(stderr, " %14.6f %-24s", msecs, event_name(counter));
307 if (MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK, counter)) {
308 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f CPUs ",
309 avg / avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats));
311 print_noise(avg, stddev);
314 static void abs_printout(int counter, double avg, double stddev)
316 fprintf(stderr, " %14.0f %-24s", avg, event_name(counter));
318 if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_INSTRUCTIONS, counter)) {
319 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f IPC ",
320 avg / avg_stats(&runtime_cycles_stats));
322 fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f M/sec",
323 1000.0 * avg / avg_stats(&runtime_nsecs_stats));
325 print_noise(avg, stddev);
329 * Print out the results of a single counter:
331 static void print_counter(int counter)
336 avg = avg_stats(&event_res_stats[counter][0]);
337 stddev = stddev_stats(&event_res_stats[counter][0]);
338 scaled = avg_stats(&event_scaled_stats[counter]);
341 fprintf(stderr, " %14s %-24s\n",
342 "<not counted>", event_name(counter));
346 if (nsec_counter(counter))
347 nsec_printout(counter, avg, stddev);
349 abs_printout(counter, avg, stddev);
352 double avg_enabled, avg_running;
354 avg_enabled = avg_stats(&event_res_stats[counter][1]);
355 avg_running = avg_stats(&event_res_stats[counter][2]);
357 fprintf(stderr, " (scaled from %.2f%%)",
358 100 * avg_running / avg_enabled);
361 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
364 static void update_stats(const char *name, int idx, struct stats *stats, u64 *val)
369 stats->sum_sq += sq * sq;
372 fprintf(stderr, "debug: %20s[%d]: %Ld\n", name, idx, *val);
376 * Calculate the averages and noises:
378 static void calc_avg(void)
383 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
385 for (i = 0; i < run_count; i++) {
386 update_stats("runtime", 0, &runtime_nsecs_stats, runtime_nsecs + i);
387 update_stats("walltime", 0, &walltime_nsecs_stats, walltime_nsecs + i);
388 update_stats("runtime_cycles", 0, &runtime_cycles_stats, runtime_cycles + i);
390 for (j = 0; j < nr_counters; j++) {
391 update_stats("counter/0", j,
392 event_res_stats[j]+0, event_res[i][j]+0);
393 update_stats("counter/1", j,
394 event_res_stats[j]+1, event_res[i][j]+1);
395 update_stats("counter/2", j,
396 event_res_stats[j]+2, event_res[i][j]+2);
397 if (event_scaled[i][j] != (u64)-1)
398 update_stats("scaled", j,
399 event_scaled_stats + j, event_scaled[i]+j);
404 static void print_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
412 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
413 fprintf(stderr, " Performance counter stats for \'%s", argv[0]);
415 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
416 fprintf(stderr, " %s", argv[i]);
418 fprintf(stderr, "\'");
420 fprintf(stderr, " (%d runs)", run_count);
421 fprintf(stderr, ":\n\n");
423 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
424 print_counter(counter);
426 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
427 fprintf(stderr, " %14.9f seconds time elapsed",
428 avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats)/1e9);
430 fprintf(stderr, " ( +- %7.3f%% )",
431 100*stddev_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats) /
432 avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats));
434 fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
437 static volatile int signr = -1;
439 static void skip_signal(int signo)
444 static void sig_atexit(void)
449 signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
450 kill(getpid(), signr);
453 static const char * const stat_usage[] = {
454 "perf stat [<options>] <command>",
458 static const struct option options[] = {
459 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
460 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
462 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
463 "child tasks inherit counters"),
464 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
465 "stat events on existing pid"),
466 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
467 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
468 OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "scale", &scale,
469 "scale/normalize counters"),
470 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
471 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
472 OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &run_count,
473 "repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)"),
474 OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "null", &null_run,
475 "null run - dont start any counters"),
479 int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
483 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, stat_usage,
484 PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
486 usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
487 if (run_count <= 0 || run_count > MAX_RUN)
488 usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
490 /* Set attrs and nr_counters if no event is selected and !null_run */
491 if (!null_run && !nr_counters) {
492 memcpy(attrs, default_attrs, sizeof(default_attrs));
493 nr_counters = ARRAY_SIZE(default_attrs);
496 nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
497 assert(nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_CPUS);
498 assert((int)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);