//===--------------------- TimelineView.h ---------------*- C++ -*-===// // // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure // // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// /// \brief /// /// This file implements a timeline view for the llvm-mca tool. /// /// Class TimelineView observes events generated by the backend. For every /// instruction executed by the backend, it stores information related to /// state transition. It then plots that information in the form of a table /// as reported by the example below: /// /// Timeline view: /// 0123456 /// Index 0123456789 /// /// [0,0] DeER . . .. vmovshdup %xmm0, %xmm1 /// [0,1] DeER . . .. vpermilpd $1, %xmm0, %xmm2 /// [0,2] .DeER. . .. vpermilps $231, %xmm0, %xmm5 /// [0,3] .DeeeER . .. vaddss %xmm1, %xmm0, %xmm3 /// [0,4] . D==eeeER. .. vaddss %xmm3, %xmm2, %xmm4 /// [0,5] . D=====eeeER .. vaddss %xmm4, %xmm5, %xmm6 /// /// [1,0] . DeE------R .. vmovshdup %xmm0, %xmm1 /// [1,1] . DeE------R .. vpermilpd $1, %xmm0, %xmm2 /// [1,2] . DeE-----R .. vpermilps $231, %xmm0, %xmm5 /// [1,3] . D=eeeE--R .. vaddss %xmm1, %xmm0, %xmm3 /// [1,4] . D===eeeER .. vaddss %xmm3, %xmm2, %xmm4 /// [1,5] . D======eeeER vaddss %xmm4, %xmm5, %xmm6 /// /// There is an entry for every instruction in the input assembly sequence. /// The first field is a pair of numbers obtained from the instruction index. /// The first element of the pair is the iteration index, while the second /// element of the pair is a sequence number (i.e. a position in the assembly /// sequence). /// The second field of the table is the actual timeline information; each /// column is the information related to a specific cycle of execution. /// The timeline of an instruction is described by a sequence of character /// where each character represents the instruction state at a specific cycle. /// /// Possible instruction states are: /// D: Instruction Dispatched /// e: Instruction Executing /// E: Instruction Executed (write-back stage) /// R: Instruction retired /// =: Instruction waiting in the Scheduler's queue /// -: Instruction executed, waiting to retire in order. /// /// dots ('.') and empty spaces are cycles where the instruction is not /// in-flight. /// /// The last column is the assembly instruction associated to the entry. /// /// Based on the timeline view information from the example, instruction 0 /// at iteration 0 was dispatched at cycle 0, and was retired at cycle 3. /// Instruction [0,1] was also dispatched at cycle 0, and it retired at /// the same cycle than instruction [0,0]. /// Instruction [0,4] has been dispatched at cycle 2. However, it had to /// wait for two cycles before being issued. That is because operands /// became ready only at cycle 5. /// /// This view helps further understanding bottlenecks and the impact of /// resource pressure on the code. /// /// To better understand why instructions had to wait for multiple cycles in /// the scheduler's queue, class TimelineView also reports extra timing info /// in another table named "Average Wait times" (see example below). /// /// /// Average Wait times (based on the timeline view): /// [0]: Executions /// [1]: Average time spent waiting in a scheduler's queue /// [2]: Average time spent waiting in a scheduler's queue while ready /// [3]: Average time elapsed from WB until retire stage /// /// [0] [1] [2] [3] /// 0. 2 1.0 1.0 3.0 vmovshdup %xmm0, %xmm1 /// 1. 2 1.0 1.0 3.0 vpermilpd $1, %xmm0, %xmm2 /// 2. 2 1.0 1.0 2.5 vpermilps $231, %xmm0, %xmm5 /// 3. 2 1.5 0.5 1.0 vaddss %xmm1, %xmm0, %xmm3 /// 4. 2 3.5 0.0 0.0 vaddss %xmm3, %xmm2, %xmm4 /// 5. 2 6.5 0.0 0.0 vaddss %xmm4, %xmm5, %xmm6 /// /// By comparing column [2] with column [1], we get an idea about how many /// cycles were spent in the scheduler's queue due to data dependencies. /// /// In this example, instruction 5 spent an average of ~6 cycles in the /// scheduler's queue. As soon as operands became ready, the instruction /// was immediately issued to the pipeline(s). /// That is expected because instruction 5 cannot transition to the "ready" /// state until %xmm4 is written by instruction 4. /// //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #ifndef LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_MCA_TIMELINEVIEW_H #define LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_MCA_TIMELINEVIEW_H #include "SourceMgr.h" #include "View.h" #include "llvm/MC/MCInstPrinter.h" #include "llvm/MC/MCSubtargetInfo.h" #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h" #include namespace mca { /// \brief This class listens to instruction state transition events /// in order to construct a timeline information. /// /// For every instruction executed by the Backend, this class constructs /// a TimelineViewEntry object. TimelineViewEntry objects are then used /// to print the timeline information, as well as the "average wait times" /// for every instruction in the input assembly sequence. class TimelineView : public View { const llvm::MCSubtargetInfo &STI; llvm::MCInstPrinter &MCIP; const SourceMgr &AsmSequence; unsigned CurrentCycle; unsigned MaxCycle; unsigned LastCycle; struct TimelineViewEntry { unsigned CycleDispatched; unsigned CycleReady; unsigned CycleIssued; unsigned CycleExecuted; unsigned CycleRetired; }; std::vector Timeline; struct WaitTimeEntry { unsigned Executions; unsigned CyclesSpentInSchedulerQueue; unsigned CyclesSpentInSQWhileReady; unsigned CyclesSpentAfterWBAndBeforeRetire; }; std::vector WaitTime; void printTimelineViewEntry(llvm::raw_string_ostream &OS, const TimelineViewEntry &E, unsigned Iteration, unsigned SourceIndex) const; void printWaitTimeEntry(llvm::raw_string_ostream &OS, const WaitTimeEntry &E, unsigned Index) const; const unsigned DEFAULT_ITERATIONS = 10; public: TimelineView(const llvm::MCSubtargetInfo &sti, llvm::MCInstPrinter &Printer, const SourceMgr &Sequence, unsigned MaxIterations, unsigned Cycles) : STI(sti), MCIP(Printer), AsmSequence(Sequence), CurrentCycle(0), MaxCycle(Cycles == 0 ? 80 : Cycles), LastCycle(0) { initialize(MaxIterations); } void initialize(unsigned MaxIterations); // Event handlers. void onCycleBegin(unsigned Cycle) override { CurrentCycle = Cycle; } void onInstructionEvent(const HWInstructionEvent &Event) override; // print functionalities. void printTimeline(llvm::raw_ostream &OS) const; void printAverageWaitTimes(llvm::raw_ostream &OS) const; void printView(llvm::raw_ostream &OS) const override { printTimeline(OS); printAverageWaitTimes(OS); } }; } // namespace mca #endif