/*- * Copyright (c) 2014, Neville-Neil Consulting * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * * Author: George V. Neville-Neil * */ /* * Calculate the time overhead of starting, stopping, and recording * pmc counters. * * The only argument is a counter name, such as "instruction-retired" * which is CPU dependent and can be found with pmmcontrol(8) using * pmccontrol -L. * * The start, stop, read and write operations are timed using the * rdtsc() macro which reads the Time Stamp Counter on the CPU. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, char **argv) { pmc_id_t pmcid; pmc_value_t read_value; pmc_value_t read_clear_value; uint64_t tsc1, write_cyc, start_cyc, read_cyc, stop_cyc; char *counter_name; if (argc != 2) err(EX_USAGE, "counter-name required"); counter_name = argv[1]; if (pmc_init() != 0) err(EX_OSERR, "hwpmc(4) not loaded, kldload or update your kernel"); if (pmc_allocate(counter_name, PMC_MODE_SC, 0, 0, &pmcid, 64*1024) < 0) err(EX_OSERR, "failed to allocate %s as a system counter in counting mode", counter_name); tsc1 = rdtsc(); if (pmc_write(pmcid, 0) < 0) err(EX_OSERR, "failed to zero counter %s", counter_name); write_cyc = rdtsc() - tsc1; tsc1 = rdtsc(); if (pmc_start(pmcid) < 0) err(EX_OSERR, "failed to start counter %s", counter_name); start_cyc = rdtsc() - tsc1; tsc1 = rdtsc(); if (pmc_read(pmcid, &read_value) < 0) err(EX_OSERR, "failed to read counter %s", counter_name); read_cyc = rdtsc() - tsc1; tsc1 = rdtsc(); if (pmc_stop(pmcid) < 0) err(EX_OSERR, "failed to stop counter %s", counter_name); stop_cyc = rdtsc() - tsc1; if (pmc_rw(pmcid, 0, &read_clear_value)) err(EX_OSERR, "failed to read and zero %s", counter_name); if (pmc_release(pmcid) < 0) err(EX_OSERR, "failed to release %s as a system counter in counting mode", counter_name); printf("Counter %s, read value %ld, read/clear value %ld\n", counter_name, read_value, read_clear_value); printf("Cycles to start: %ld\tstop: %ld\tread: %ld\twrite: %ld\n", start_cyc, stop_cyc, read_cyc, stop_cyc); return(0); }