[Openmcl-devel] Profiling lisp code

Taoufik Dachraoui taoufik.dachraoui at wanadoo.fr
Thu Nov 19 11:25:38 PST 2009


Paul,

I like your solution better than mine;  for me everything works fine  
because I created *profiler*
using defvar.

But I like better your solution because you do not need a global  
variable.

The first time I wrote the profiler I used flet to define the before  
and after functions and
it  did not work correctly; I certanily did a mistake and did not  
bother to search the error.

Kind regards
Taoufik


On Nov 19, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Paul Krueger wrote:

> Taoufik,
>
> I really like this idea, but unfortunately the code as written  
> didn't work for me.
>
> I first created a couple of test functions:
>
> (defun test-factorial (n)
>   (if (<= n 1)
>     1
>     (* n (test-factorial (1- n)))))
>
> (defun test-profile ()
>   (with-profiler (test-factorial)
>     (dotimes (i 1000)
>       (test-factorial (random 50)))))
>
> but on executing the test-profile function the macro-expansion  
> caused the following:
>
> (test-profile)
> ;Compiler warnings :
> ;   In an anonymous lambda form inside (CCL::TRACED TEST-FACTORIAL):  
> Undeclared free variable *PROFILER* (2 references)
> ;   In an anonymous lambda form inside (CCL::TRACED TEST-FACTORIAL):  
> Undeclared free variable *PROFILER* (2 references)
> profiling (TEST-FACTORIAL)
> > Error: Unbound variable: *PROFILER*
> > While executing: (:INTERNAL (CCL::TRACED TEST-FACTORIAL)), in  
> process Listener(6).
> > Type cmd-. to abort, cmd-\ for a list of available restarts.
> > Type :? for other options.
> 1 >
>
> This is caused by the use of the ` form for the trace-0 argument   
> calls which effectively hides the let declaration of *profiler*  
> because you are passing a list that contains the unevaluated lambda  
> form to trace rather than passing a list that contains the function  
> that results from evaluation of that form within the scope of the  
> let. Even if we fixed just that problem, this code would also create  
> new anonymous :before and :after functions for each symbol being  
> profiled when in fact you only need one for each hash-table.
>
> So I modified your code a bit to define the functions just once and  
> to eliminate some of the ` forms which caused problems:
>
> (defmacro with-profiler (syms &rest body)
>   `(let ((*profile-hash* (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
>      (flet ((before-trace (f &rest vals)
>               (declare (ignore vals))
>               (multiple-value-bind (last count elapsed) (values-list  
> (gethash f *profile-hash*))
>                 (declare (ignore last))
>                 (setf (gethash f *profile-hash*) (list (get-real- 
> time) (+ 1 count) elapsed))))
>             (after-trace (f &rest vals)
>               (declare (ignore vals))
>               (multiple-value-bind (last count elapsed) (values-list  
> (gethash f *profile-hash*))
>                 (let ((tim (get-real-time)))
>                   (setf (gethash f *profile-hash*) (list tim count  
> (+ elapsed (- tim last))))))))
>        (dolist (s ',syms)
>          (setf (gethash s *profile-hash*) '(nil 0 0))
>          (CCL::%UNTRACE-0 (list s))
>          (CCL::%TRACE-0 (list (list s :before #'before-trace :after  
> #'after-trace))
>                         'NIL))
>        (format t "~%profiling ~A~%" (trace))
>        (let ((elapsed (get-real-time)))
>          (eval '(progn , at body))
>          (format t "total elapsed time ~10,3F seconds~%" (/ (- (get- 
> real-time) elapsed) 1000000000)))
>        (dolist (s ',syms)
>          (CCL::%UNTRACE-0 (list s))
>          (let ((lst nil) (total 0))
>            (maphash #'(lambda (k v)
>                         (incf total (/ (third v) 1000000000))
>                         (push (list k (second v) (third v)) lst))
>                     *profile-hash*)
>            (format t "~35A ~8A ~14A~%" "Function" "Count" "Elapsed")
>            (dolist (e (sort lst #'(lambda (e f) (< (third e) (third  
> f)))))
>              (format t "~30S ~10d ~10,3F ~5,2F%~%"
>                      (first e) (second e) (/ (third e) 1000000000)  
> (* 100 (/ (/ (third e) 1000000000) total)))))))))
>
> Using this code everything worked fine:
>
> ? (test-profile)
>
> profiling (TEST-FACTORIAL)
> total elapsed time      0.021 seconds
> Function                            Count    Elapsed
> TEST-FACTORIAL            1000      0.011 100.00%
> NIL
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Nov 19, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Taoufik Dachraoui wrote:
>
>> The elapsed time is in nanoseconds; in the new version of with- 
>> profiler the times are in
>> seconds.
>>
>> I modified the with-profiler macro to sort the elapsed times and  
>> added a column to show the percentage of the elapsed times :
>>
>> (defmacro with-profiler (syms &rest body)
>>   `(let ((*profiler* (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
>>     (dolist (s ',syms)
>>       (setf (gethash `,s *profiler*) '(nil 0 0))
>>       (CCL::%UNTRACE-0 `(,s))
>>       (CCL::%TRACE-0 `((,s :before #'(lambda (f &rest vals)
>> 				       (declare (ignore vals))
>> 				       (multiple-value-bind (last count elapsed) (values-list  
>> (gethash f *profiler*))
>> 					 (declare (ignore last))
>> 					 (setf (gethash f *profiler*) (list (get-real-time) (+ 1  
>> count) elapsed))))
>> 			   :after #'(lambda (f &rest vals)
>> 				       (declare (ignore vals))
>> 				       (multiple-value-bind (last count elapsed) (values-list  
>> (gethash f *profiler*))
>> 					 (let ((tim (get-real-time)))
>> 					   (setf (gethash f *profiler*) (list tim count (+ elapsed (-  
>> tim last)))))))))
>> 		     'NIL))
>>     (format t "~%profiling ~A~%" (trace))
>>     (let ((elapsed (get-real-time)))
>>       (eval '(progn , at body))
>>       (format t "total elapsed time ~10,3F seconds~%" (/ (- (get- 
>> real-time) elapsed) 1000000000)))
>>     (dolist (s ',syms)
>>       (CCL::%UNTRACE-0 `(,s)))
>>     (let ((lst nil) (total 0))
>>       (maphash #'(lambda (k v)
>> 		   (incf total (/ (third v) 1000000000))
>> 		   (push (list k (second v) (third v)) lst))
>> 	       *profiler*)
>>       (format t "~35A ~8A ~14A~%" "Function" "Count" "Elapsed")
>>       (dolist (e (sort lst #'(lambda (e f) (< (third e) (third f)))))
>> 	(format t "~30S ~10d ~10,3F ~5,2F%~%"
>> 		(first e) (second e) (/ (third e) 1000000000) (* 100 (/ (/ (third  
>> e) 1000000000) total)))))
>>     ))
>>
>> Output example:
>>
>> total elapsed time      1.159 seconds
>> Function                            Count    Elapsed
>> SEND-MESSAGE-TO-WINDOW                  0      0.000  0.00
>> LEFT-LAYOUT                             0      0.000  0.00
>> RROW-LAYOUT                             0      0.000  0.00
>> RIGHT-LAYOUT                            0      0.000  0.00
>> RCOLUMN-LAYOUT                          0      0.000  0.00
>> GET-EVENT-HANDLER                       0      0.000  0.00
>> %LIST                                   4      0.000  0.01
>> CENTER-LAYOUT                           4      0.000  0.01
>> %LIST-SYMBOLS                          12      0.000  0.03
>> %GET-VFIELDS                            1      0.000  0.06
>> %GEN-FLET-VFIELDS                       4      0.001  0.07
>> %FLET-VFIELDS                           1      0.001  0.08
>> %VFIELDS                                1      0.001  0.08
>> DESTROY-CONTEXT                         1      0.001  0.08
>> XCREATEWINDOW                          69      0.001  0.09
>> %EVAL                                  20      0.001  0.09
>> %SPLIT-ARGS                           254      0.003  0.34
>> RESIZE-WINDOW                          69      0.003  0.37
>> COLUMN-LAYOUT                          11      0.005  0.65
>> SPLIT-ARGS                            254      0.008  1.05
>> ROW-LAYOUT                             16      0.008  1.13
>> CLIP                                   27      0.023  3.06
>> GETA                                19185      0.172 23.17
>> CREATE-WINDOW                          69      0.253 34.02
>> CREATE-CONTEXT                         69      0.264 35.60
>> NIL
>> ?
>>
>> Taoufik
>> On Nov 19, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Alexander Repenning wrote:
>>
>>> looks great to me. It seems to use similar functions as the timer  
>>> code I pointed to in my previous post but includes a nice  
>>> profilers wrap up macro. I suggest to use time formatting  
>>> functions similar to the code I pointed to because it is not clear  
>>> what "elapsed=268738" really means. Just a detail.
>>>
>>> best,  Alex
>>>
>>> On Nov 19, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Taoufik Dachraoui wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I created a macro with-profiler and would like to know the
>>>> disadvantages of this solution
>>>> compared to others:
>>>>
>>>> ; i took the following 2 functions from ccl-1.4/tools/advice- 
>>>> profiler/
>>>> profiler.lisp
>>>> ; the with-profiler can be modified to return cpu-time, user-time  
>>>> and
>>>> real-time used
>>>> ; by all profiled functions
>>>>
>>>> (defun mach-timespec->nanoseconds (ts)
>>>>   "Convert the given typespec structure into nanoseconds."
>>>>   (+ (* 1000000000 (pref ts :mach_timespec.tv_sec))
>>>>      (pref ts :mach_timespec.tv_nsec)))
>>>>
>>>> (defun get-real-time ()
>>>>   (let ((clock-port (make-record :clock_serv_t)))
>>>>     (#_host_get_clock_service (#_mach_host_self) #$REALTIME_CLOCK
>>>> clock-port)
>>>>     (ccl:rlet ((ts :mach_timespec))
>>>> 	      (#_clock_get_time (%get-ptr clock-port) ts)
>>>> 	      (mach-timespec->nanoseconds ts))))
>>>>
>>>> (defmacro with-profiler (syms &rest body)
>>>>   `(let ((*profiler* (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
>>>>     (dolist (s ',syms)
>>>>       (setf (gethash `,s *profiler*) '(nil 0 0))
>>>>       (CCL::%UNTRACE-0 `(,s))
>>>>       (CCL::%TRACE-0 `((,s :before #'(lambda (f &rest vals)
>>>> 				       (declare (ignore vals))
>>>> 				       (multiple-value-bind (last count elapsed) (values-list
>>>> (gethash f *profiler*))
>>>> 					 (declare (ignore last))
>>>> 					 (setf (gethash f *profiler*) (list (get-real-time) (+ 1  
>>>> count)
>>>> elapsed))))
>>>> 			   :after #'(lambda (f &rest vals)
>>>> 				       (declare (ignore vals))
>>>> 				       (multiple-value-bind (last count elapsed) (values-list
>>>> (gethash f *profiler*))
>>>> 					 (let ((tim (get-real-time)))
>>>> 					   (setf (gethash f *profiler*) (list tim count (+ elapsed  
>>>> (- tim
>>>> last)))))))))
>>>> 		     'NIL))
>>>>     (format t "~%profiling ~A~%" (trace))
>>>>     (let ((elapsed (get-real-time)))
>>>>       (eval '(progn , at body))
>>>>       (format t "total elapsed time ~S~%" (- (get-real-time)  
>>>> elapsed)))
>>>>     (dolist (s ',syms)
>>>>       (CCL::%UNTRACE-0 `(,s)))
>>>>     (maphash #'(lambda (k v) (format t "function=~S count=~S
>>>> elapsed=~S~%" k (second v) (third v))) *profiler*)))
>>>>
>>>> Tests:
>>>>
>>>> ? (defun fact (n) (if (= 0 n) 1 (* n (fact (- n 1)))))
>>>> ? (defun f () (sleep 1))
>>>> ? (defmacro foo () (progn (f) ''foo))
>>>> ? (with-profiler (f fact)
>>>> 	(dotimes (i 10)
>>>> 	    (f)
>>>> 	    (foo)
>>>> 	    (fact (random 100))))
>>>>
>>>> profiling (FACT F)
>>>> total elapsed time 11003452329
>>>> function=FACT count=10 elapsed=268738
>>>> function=F count=11 elapsed=11001194423
>>>> NIL
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Any comments on this method of profiling lisp functions are welcome
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Taoufik
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 18, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Matt Tenenbaum wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Norvig's classic "Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence  
>>>>> Programming"
>>>>> has a section on instrumentation in chapter 9, including code for
>>>>> profiling in a manner analogous to TRACE. In looking quickly, this
>>>>> code doesn't seem to be included in the distributed source for the
>>>>> book (http://norvig.com/paip/README.html), but you might find that
>>>>> chapter helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> -mt
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Taoufik Dachraoui
>>>>> <taoufik.dachraoui at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I profile lisp program to know how much time each called
>>>>>> function takes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Taoufik
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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