--[[ == Introduction == Note that this requires os.clock(), debug.sethook(), and debug.getinfo() or your equivalent replacements to be available if this is an embedded application. Example usage: profiler = newProfiler() profiler:start() < call some functions that take time > profiler:stop() local outfile = io.open( "profile.txt", "w+" ) profiler:report( outfile ) outfile:close() == Optionally choosing profiling method == The rest of this comment can be ignored if you merely want a good profiler. newProfiler(method, sampledelay): If method is omitted or "time", will profile based on real performance. optionally, frequency can be provided to control the number of opcodes per profiling tick. By default this is 100000, which (on my system) provides one tick approximately every 2ms and reduces system performance by about 10%. This can be reduced to increase accuracy at the cost of performance, or increased for the opposite effect. If method is "call", will profile based on function calls. Frequency is ignored. "time" may bias profiling somewhat towards large areas with "simple opcodes", as the profiling function (which introduces a certain amount of unavoidable overhead) will be called more often. This can be minimized by using a larger sample delay - the default should leave any error largely overshadowed by statistical noise. With a delay of 1000 I was able to achieve inaccuray of approximately 25%. Increasing the delay to 100000 left inaccuracy below my testing error. "call" may bias profiling heavily towards areas with many function calls. Testing found a degenerate case giving a figure inaccurate by approximately 20,000%. (Yes, a multiple of 200.) This is, however, more directly comparable to common profilers (such as gprof) and also gives accurate function call counts, which cannot be retrieved from "time". I strongly recommend "time" mode, and it is now the default. == History == 2008-09-16 - Time-based profiling and conversion to Lua 5.1 by Ben Wilhelm ( zorba-pepperfish@pavlovian.net ). Added the ability to optionally choose profiling methods, along with a new profiling method. Converted to Lua 5, a few improvements, and additional documentation by Tom Spilman ( tom@sickheadgames.com ) Additional corrections and tidying by original author Daniel Silverstone ( dsilvers@pepperfish.net ) == Status == Daniel Silverstone is no longer using this code, and judging by how long it's been waiting for Lua 5.1 support, I don't think Tom Spilman is either. I'm perfectly willing to take on maintenance, so if you have problems or questions, go ahead and email me :) -- Ben Wilhelm ( zorba-pepperfish@pavlovian.net ) ' == Copyright == Lua profiler - Copyright Pepperfish 2002,2003,2004 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. --]] -- -- All profiler related stuff is stored in the top level table '_profiler' -- _profiler = {} -- -- newProfiler() creates a new profiler object for managing -- the profiler and storing state. Note that only one profiler -- object can be executing at one time. -- function newProfiler(variant, sampledelay) if _profiler.running then print("Profiler already running.") return end variant = variant or "time" if variant ~= "time" and variant ~= "call" then print("Profiler method must be 'time' or 'call'.") return end local newprof = {} for k,v in pairs(_profiler) do newprof[k] = v end newprof.variant = variant newprof.sampledelay = sampledelay or 100000 return newprof end -- -- This function starts the profiler. It will do nothing -- if this (or any other) profiler is already running. -- function _profiler.start(self) if _profiler.running then return end -- Start the profiler. This begins by setting up internal profiler state _profiler.running = self self.rawstats = {} self.callstack = {} if self.variant == "time" then self.lastclock = os.clock() debug.sethook( _profiler_hook_wrapper_by_time, "", self.sampledelay ) elseif self.variant == "call" then debug.sethook( _profiler_hook_wrapper_by_call, "cr" ) else print("Profiler method must be 'time' or 'call'.") sys.exit(1) end end -- -- This function stops the profiler. It will do nothing -- if a profiler is not running, and nothing if it isn't -- the currently running profiler. -- function _profiler.stop(self) if _profiler.running ~= self then return end -- Stop the profiler. debug.sethook( nil ) _profiler.running = nil end -- -- Simple wrapper to handle the hook. You should not -- be calling this directly. Duplicated to reduce overhead. -- function _profiler_hook_wrapper_by_call(action) if _profiler.running == nil then debug.sethook( nil ) end _profiler.running:_internal_profile_by_call(action) end function _profiler_hook_wrapper_by_time(action) if _profiler.running == nil then debug.sethook( nil ) end _profiler.running:_internal_profile_by_time(action) end -- -- This is the main by-function-call function of the profiler and should not -- be called except by the hook wrapper -- function _profiler._internal_profile_by_call(self,action) -- Since we can obtain the 'function' for the item we've had call us, we -- can use that... local caller_info = debug.getinfo( 3 ) if caller_info == nil then print "No caller_info" return end --SHG_LOG("[_profiler._internal_profile] "..(caller_info.name or "")) -- Retrieve the most recent activation record... local latest_ar = nil if table.getn(self.callstack) > 0 then latest_ar = self.callstack[table.getn(self.callstack)] end -- Are we allowed to profile this function? local should_not_profile = 0 for k,v in pairs(self.prevented_functions) do if k == caller_info.func then should_not_profile = v end end -- Also check the top activation record... if latest_ar then if latest_ar.should_not_profile == 2 then should_not_profile = 2 end end -- Now then, are we in 'call' or 'return' ? -- print("Profile:", caller_info.name, "SNP:", should_not_profile, -- "Action:", action ) if action == "call" then -- Making a call... local this_ar = {} this_ar.should_not_profile = should_not_profile this_ar.parent_ar = latest_ar this_ar.anon_child = 0 this_ar.name_child = 0 this_ar.children = {} this_ar.children_time = {} this_ar.clock_start = os.clock() -- Last thing to do on a call is to insert this onto the ar stack... table.insert( self.callstack, this_ar ) else local this_ar = latest_ar if this_ar == nil then return -- No point in doing anything if no upper activation record end -- Right, calculate the time in this function... this_ar.clock_end = os.clock() this_ar.this_time = this_ar.clock_end - this_ar.clock_start -- Now, if we have a parent, update its call info... if this_ar.parent_ar then this_ar.parent_ar.children[caller_info.func] = (this_ar.parent_ar.children[caller_info.func] or 0) + 1 this_ar.parent_ar.children_time[caller_info.func] = (this_ar.parent_ar.children_time[caller_info.func] or 0 ) + this_ar.this_time if caller_info.name == nil then this_ar.parent_ar.anon_child = this_ar.parent_ar.anon_child + this_ar.this_time else this_ar.parent_ar.name_child = this_ar.parent_ar.name_child + this_ar.this_time end end -- Now if we're meant to record information about ourselves, do so... if this_ar.should_not_profile == 0 then local inforec = self:_get_func_rec(caller_info.func,1) inforec.count = inforec.count + 1 inforec.time = inforec.time + this_ar.this_time inforec.anon_child_time = inforec.anon_child_time + this_ar.anon_child inforec.name_child_time = inforec.name_child_time + this_ar.name_child inforec.func_info = caller_info for k,v in pairs(this_ar.children) do inforec.children[k] = (inforec.children[k] or 0) + v inforec.children_time[k] = (inforec.children_time[k] or 0) + this_ar.children_time[k] end end -- Last thing to do on return is to drop the last activation record... table.remove( self.callstack, table.getn( self.callstack ) ) end end -- -- This is the main by-time internal function of the profiler and should not -- be called except by the hook wrapper -- function _profiler._internal_profile_by_time(self,action) -- we do this first so we add the minimum amount of extra time to this call local timetaken = os.clock() - self.lastclock local depth = 3 local at_top = true local last_caller local caller = debug.getinfo(depth) while caller do if not caller.func then caller.func = "(tail call)" end if self.prevented_functions[caller.func] == nil then local info = self:_get_func_rec(caller.func, 1, caller) info.count = info.count + 1 info.time = info.time + timetaken if last_caller then -- we're not the head, so update the "children" times also if last_caller.name then info.name_child_time = info.name_child_time + timetaken else info.anon_child_time = info.anon_child_time + timetaken end info.children[last_caller.func] = (info.children[last_caller.func] or 0) + 1 info.children_time[last_caller.func] = (info.children_time[last_caller.func] or 0) + timetaken end end depth = depth + 1 last_caller = caller caller = debug.getinfo(depth) end self.lastclock = os.clock() end -- -- This returns a (possibly empty) function record for -- the specified function. It is for internal profiler use. -- function _profiler._get_func_rec(self,func,force,info) -- Find the function ref for 'func' (if force and not present, create one) local ret = self.rawstats[func] if ret == nil and force ~= 1 then return nil end if ret == nil then -- Build a new function statistics table ret = {} ret.func = func ret.count = 0 ret.time = 0 ret.anon_child_time = 0 ret.name_child_time = 0 ret.children = {} ret.children_time = {} ret.func_info = info self.rawstats[func] = ret end return ret end -- -- This writes a profile report to the output file object. If -- sort_by_total_time is nil or false the output is sorted by -- the function time minus the time in it's children. -- function _profiler.report( self, outfile, sort_by_total_time ) outfile:write [[Lua Profile output created by profiler.lua. Copyright Pepperfish 2002+ ]] -- This is pretty awful. local terms = {} if self.variant == "time" then terms.capitalized = "Sample" terms.single = "sample" terms.pastverb = "sampled" elseif self.variant == "call" then terms.capitalized = "Call" terms.single = "call" terms.pastverb = "called" else assert(false) end local total_time = 0 local ordering = {} for func,record in pairs(self.rawstats) do table.insert(ordering, func) end if sort_by_total_time then table.sort( ordering, function(a,b) return self.rawstats[a].time > self.rawstats[b].time end ) else table.sort( ordering, function(a,b) local arec = self.rawstats[a] local brec = self.rawstats[b] local atime = arec.time - (arec.anon_child_time + arec.name_child_time) local btime = brec.time - (brec.anon_child_time + brec.name_child_time) return atime > btime end ) end for i=1,table.getn(ordering) do local func = ordering[i] local record = self.rawstats[func] local thisfuncname = " " .. self:_pretty_name(func) .. " " if string.len( thisfuncname ) < 42 then thisfuncname = string.rep( "-", (42 - string.len(thisfuncname))/2 ) .. thisfuncname thisfuncname = thisfuncname .. string.rep( "-", 42 - string.len(thisfuncname) ) end total_time = total_time + ( record.time - ( record.anon_child_time + record.name_child_time ) ) outfile:write( string.rep( "-", 19 ) .. thisfuncname .. string.rep( "-", 19 ) .. "\n" ) outfile:write( terms.capitalized.." count: " .. string.format( "%4d", record.count ) .. "\n" ) outfile:write( "Time spend total: " .. string.format( "%4.3f", record.time ) .. "s\n" ) outfile:write( "Time spent in children: " .. string.format("%4.3f",record.anon_child_time+record.name_child_time) .. "s\n" ) local timeinself = record.time - (record.anon_child_time + record.name_child_time) outfile:write( "Time spent in self: " .. string.format("%4.3f", timeinself) .. "s\n" ) outfile:write( "Time spent per " .. terms.single .. ": " .. string.format("%4.5f", record.time/record.count) .. "s/" .. terms.single .. "\n" ) outfile:write( "Time spent in self per "..terms.single..": " .. string.format( "%4.5f", timeinself/record.count ) .. "s/" .. terms.single.."\n" ) -- Report on each child in the form -- Child called n times and took a.bs local added_blank = 0 for k,v in pairs(record.children) do if self.prevented_functions[k] == nil or self.prevented_functions[k] == 0 then if added_blank == 0 then outfile:write( "\n" ) -- extra separation line added_blank = 1 end outfile:write( "Child " .. self:_pretty_name(k) .. string.rep( " ", 41-string.len(self:_pretty_name(k)) ) .. " " .. terms.pastverb.." " .. string.format("%6d", v) ) outfile:write( " times. Took " .. string.format("%4.2f", record.children_time[k] ) .. "s\n" ) end end outfile:write( "\n" ) -- extra separation line outfile:flush() end outfile:write( "\n\n" ) outfile:write( "Total time spent in profiled functions: " .. string.format("%5.3g",total_time) .. "s\n" ) outfile:write( [[ END ]] ) outfile:flush() end -- -- This writes the profile to the output file object as -- loadable Lua source. -- function _profiler.lua_report(self,outfile) -- Purpose: Write out the entire raw state in a cross-referenceable form. local ordering = {} local functonum = {} for func,record in pairs(self.rawstats) do table.insert(ordering, func) functonum[func] = table.getn(ordering) end outfile:write( "-- Profile generated by profiler.lua Copyright Pepperfish 2002+\n\n" ) outfile:write( "-- Function names\nfuncnames = {}\n" ) for i=1,table.getn(ordering) do local thisfunc = ordering[i] outfile:write( "funcnames[" .. i .. "] = " .. string.format("%q", self:_pretty_name(thisfunc)) .. "\n" ) end outfile:write( "\n" ) outfile:write( "-- Function times\nfunctimes = {}\n" ) for i=1,table.getn(ordering) do local thisfunc = ordering[i] local record = self.rawstats[thisfunc] outfile:write( "functimes[" .. i .. "] = { " ) outfile:write( "tot=" .. record.time .. ", " ) outfile:write( "achild=" .. record.anon_child_time .. ", " ) outfile:write( "nchild=" .. record.name_child_time .. ", " ) outfile:write( "count=" .. record.count .. " }\n" ) end outfile:write( "\n" ) outfile:write( "-- Child links\nchildren = {}\n" ) for i=1,table.getn(ordering) do local thisfunc = ordering[i] local record = self.rawstats[thisfunc] outfile:write( "children[" .. i .. "] = { " ) for k,v in pairs(record.children) do if functonum[k] then -- non-recorded functions will be ignored now outfile:write( functonum[k] .. ", " ) end end outfile:write( "}\n" ) end outfile:write( "\n" ) outfile:write( "-- Child call counts\nchildcounts = {}\n" ) for i=1,table.getn(ordering) do local thisfunc = ordering[i] local record = self.rawstats[thisfunc] outfile:write( "children[" .. i .. "] = { " ) for k,v in record.children do if functonum[k] then -- non-recorded functions will be ignored now outfile:write( v .. ", " ) end end outfile:write( "}\n" ) end outfile:write( "\n" ) outfile:write( "-- Child call time\nchildtimes = {}\n" ) for i=1,table.getn(ordering) do local thisfunc = ordering[i] local record = self.rawstats[thisfunc]; outfile:write( "children[" .. i .. "] = { " ) for k,v in pairs(record.children) do if functonum[k] then -- non-recorded functions will be ignored now outfile:write( record.children_time[k] .. ", " ) end end outfile:write( "}\n" ) end outfile:write( "\n\n-- That is all.\n\n" ) outfile:flush() end -- Internal function to calculate a pretty name for the profile output function _profiler._pretty_name(self,func) -- Only the data collected during the actual -- run seems to be correct.... why? local info = self.rawstats[ func ].func_info -- local info = debug.getinfo( func ) local name = "" if info.what == "Lua" then name = "L:" end if info.what == "C" then name = "C:" end if info.what == "main" then name = " :" end if info.name == nil then name = name .. "<"..tostring(func) .. ">" else name = name .. info.name end if info.source then name = name .. "@" .. info.source else if info.what == "C" then name = name .. "@?" else name = name .. "@" end end name = name .. ":" if info.what == "C" then name = name .. "?" else name = name .. info.linedefined end return name end -- -- This allows you to specify functions which you do -- not want profiled. Setting level to 1 keeps the -- function from being profiled. Setting level to 2 -- keeps both the function and its children from -- being profiled. -- -- BUG: 2 will probably act exactly like 1 in "time" mode. -- If anyone cares, let me (zorba) know and it can be fixed. -- function _profiler.prevent(self, func, level) self.prevented_functions[func] = (level or 1) end _profiler.prevented_functions = { [_profiler.start] = 2, [_profiler.stop] = 2, [_profiler._internal_profile_by_time] = 2, [_profiler._internal_profile_by_call] = 2, [_profiler_hook_wrapper_by_time] = 2, [_profiler_hook_wrapper_by_call] = 2, [_profiler.prevent] = 2, [_profiler._get_func_rec] = 2, [_profiler.report] = 2, [_profiler.lua_report] = 2, [_profiler._pretty_name] = 2 }