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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package testing
+
+import (
+ "flag"
+ "fmt"
+ "os"
+ "runtime"
+ "sync"
+ "sync/atomic"
+ "time"
+)
+
+var matchBenchmarks = flag.String("test.bench", "", "regular expression to select benchmarks to run")
+var benchTime = flag.Duration("test.benchtime", 1*time.Second, "approximate run time for each benchmark")
+var benchmarkMemory = flag.Bool("test.benchmem", false, "print memory allocations for benchmarks")
+
+// Global lock to ensure only one benchmark runs at a time.
+var benchmarkLock sync.Mutex
+
+// Used for every benchmark for measuring memory.
+var memStats runtime.MemStats
+
+// An internal type but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
+// of the "go test" command.
+type InternalBenchmark struct {
+ Name string
+ F func(b *B)
+}
+
+// B is a type passed to Benchmark functions to manage benchmark
+// timing and to specify the number of iterations to run.
+type B struct {
+ common
+ N int
+ previousN int // number of iterations in the previous run
+ previousDuration time.Duration // total duration of the previous run
+ benchmark InternalBenchmark
+ bytes int64
+ timerOn bool
+ showAllocResult bool
+ result BenchmarkResult
+ parallelism int // RunParallel creates parallelism*GOMAXPROCS goroutines
+ // The initial states of memStats.Mallocs and memStats.TotalAlloc.
+ startAllocs uint64
+ startBytes uint64
+ // The net total of this test after being run.
+ netAllocs uint64
+ netBytes uint64
+}
+
+// StartTimer starts timing a test. This function is called automatically
+// before a benchmark starts, but it can also used to resume timing after
+// a call to StopTimer.
+func (b *B) StartTimer() {
+ if !b.timerOn {
+ runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
+ b.startAllocs = memStats.Mallocs
+ b.startBytes = memStats.TotalAlloc
+ b.start = time.Now()
+ b.timerOn = true
+ }
+}
+
+// StopTimer stops timing a test. This can be used to pause the timer
+// while performing complex initialization that you don't
+// want to measure.
+func (b *B) StopTimer() {
+ if b.timerOn {
+ b.duration += time.Now().Sub(b.start)
+ runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
+ b.netAllocs += memStats.Mallocs - b.startAllocs
+ b.netBytes += memStats.TotalAlloc - b.startBytes
+ b.timerOn = false
+ }
+}
+
+// ResetTimer zeros the elapsed benchmark time and memory allocation counters.
+// It does not affect whether the timer is running.
+func (b *B) ResetTimer() {
+ if b.timerOn {
+ runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
+ b.startAllocs = memStats.Mallocs
+ b.startBytes = memStats.TotalAlloc
+ b.start = time.Now()
+ }
+ b.duration = 0
+ b.netAllocs = 0
+ b.netBytes = 0
+}
+
+// SetBytes records the number of bytes processed in a single operation.
+// If this is called, the benchmark will report ns/op and MB/s.
+func (b *B) SetBytes(n int64) { b.bytes = n }
+
+// ReportAllocs enables malloc statistics for this benchmark.
+// It is equivalent to setting -test.benchmem, but it only affects the
+// benchmark function that calls ReportAllocs.
+func (b *B) ReportAllocs() {
+ b.showAllocResult = true
+}
+
+func (b *B) nsPerOp() int64 {
+ if b.N <= 0 {
+ return 0
+ }
+ return b.duration.Nanoseconds() / int64(b.N)
+}
+
+// runN runs a single benchmark for the specified number of iterations.
+func (b *B) runN(n int) {
+ benchmarkLock.Lock()
+ defer benchmarkLock.Unlock()
+ // Try to get a comparable environment for each run
+ // by clearing garbage from previous runs.
+ runtime.GC()
+ b.N = n
+ b.parallelism = 1
+ b.ResetTimer()
+ b.StartTimer()
+ b.benchmark.F(b)
+ b.StopTimer()
+ b.previousN = n
+ b.previousDuration = b.duration
+}
+
+func min(x, y int) int {
+ if x > y {
+ return y
+ }
+ return x
+}
+
+func max(x, y int) int {
+ if x < y {
+ return y
+ }
+ return x
+}
+
+// roundDown10 rounds a number down to the nearest power of 10.
+func roundDown10(n int) int {
+ var tens = 0
+ // tens = floor(log_10(n))
+ for n >= 10 {
+ n = n / 10
+ tens++
+ }
+ // result = 10^tens
+ result := 1
+ for i := 0; i < tens; i++ {
+ result *= 10
+ }
+ return result
+}
+
+// roundUp rounds x up to a number of the form [1eX, 2eX, 3eX, 5eX].
+func roundUp(n int) int {
+ base := roundDown10(n)
+ switch {
+ case n <= base:
+ return base
+ case n <= (2 * base):
+ return 2 * base
+ case n <= (3 * base):
+ return 3 * base
+ case n <= (5 * base):
+ return 5 * base
+ default:
+ return 10 * base
+ }
+}
+
+// run times the benchmark function in a separate goroutine.
+func (b *B) run() BenchmarkResult {
+ go b.launch()
+ <-b.signal
+ return b.result
+}
+
+// launch launches the benchmark function. It gradually increases the number
+// of benchmark iterations until the benchmark runs for the requested benchtime.
+// It prints timing information in this form
+// testing.BenchmarkHello 100000 19 ns/op
+// launch is run by the run function as a separate goroutine.
+func (b *B) launch() {
+ // Run the benchmark for a single iteration in case it's expensive.
+ n := 1
+
+ // Signal that we're done whether we return normally
+ // or by FailNow's runtime.Goexit.
+ defer func() {
+ b.signal <- b
+ }()
+
+ b.runN(n)
+ // Run the benchmark for at least the specified amount of time.
+ d := *benchTime
+ for !b.failed && b.duration < d && n < 1e9 {
+ last := n
+ // Predict required iterations.
+ if b.nsPerOp() == 0 {
+ n = 1e9
+ } else {
+ n = int(d.Nanoseconds() / b.nsPerOp())
+ }
+ // Run more iterations than we think we'll need (1.2x).
+ // Don't grow too fast in case we had timing errors previously.
+ // Be sure to run at least one more than last time.
+ n = max(min(n+n/5, 100*last), last+1)
+ // Round up to something easy to read.
+ n = roundUp(n)
+ b.runN(n)
+ }
+ b.result = BenchmarkResult{b.N, b.duration, b.bytes, b.netAllocs, b.netBytes}
+}
+
+// The results of a benchmark run.
+type BenchmarkResult struct {
+ N int // The number of iterations.
+ T time.Duration // The total time taken.
+ Bytes int64 // Bytes processed in one iteration.
+ MemAllocs uint64 // The total number of memory allocations.
+ MemBytes uint64 // The total number of bytes allocated.
+}
+
+func (r BenchmarkResult) NsPerOp() int64 {
+ if r.N <= 0 {
+ return 0
+ }
+ return r.T.Nanoseconds() / int64(r.N)
+}
+
+func (r BenchmarkResult) mbPerSec() float64 {
+ if r.Bytes <= 0 || r.T <= 0 || r.N <= 0 {
+ return 0
+ }
+ return (float64(r.Bytes) * float64(r.N) / 1e6) / r.T.Seconds()
+}
+
+func (r BenchmarkResult) AllocsPerOp() int64 {
+ if r.N <= 0 {
+ return 0
+ }
+ return int64(r.MemAllocs) / int64(r.N)
+}
+
+func (r BenchmarkResult) AllocedBytesPerOp() int64 {
+ if r.N <= 0 {
+ return 0
+ }
+ return int64(r.MemBytes) / int64(r.N)
+}
+
+func (r BenchmarkResult) String() string {
+ mbs := r.mbPerSec()
+ mb := ""
+ if mbs != 0 {
+ mb = fmt.Sprintf("\t%7.2f MB/s", mbs)
+ }
+ nsop := r.NsPerOp()
+ ns := fmt.Sprintf("%10d ns/op", nsop)
+ if r.N > 0 && nsop < 100 {
+ // The format specifiers here make sure that
+ // the ones digits line up for all three possible formats.
+ if nsop < 10 {
+ ns = fmt.Sprintf("%13.2f ns/op", float64(r.T.Nanoseconds())/float64(r.N))
+ } else {
+ ns = fmt.Sprintf("%12.1f ns/op", float64(r.T.Nanoseconds())/float64(r.N))
+ }
+ }
+ return fmt.Sprintf("%8d\t%s%s", r.N, ns, mb)
+}
+
+func (r BenchmarkResult) MemString() string {
+ return fmt.Sprintf("%8d B/op\t%8d allocs/op",
+ r.AllocedBytesPerOp(), r.AllocsPerOp())
+}
+
+// An internal function but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
+// of the "go test" command.
+func RunBenchmarks(matchString func(pat, str string) (bool, error), benchmarks []InternalBenchmark) {
+ // If no flag was specified, don't run benchmarks.
+ if len(*matchBenchmarks) == 0 {
+ return
+ }
+ for _, Benchmark := range benchmarks {
+ matched, err := matchString(*matchBenchmarks, Benchmark.Name)
+ if err != nil {
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: invalid regexp for -test.bench: %s\n", err)
+ os.Exit(1)
+ }
+ if !matched {
+ continue
+ }
+ for _, procs := range cpuList {
+ runtime.GOMAXPROCS(procs)
+ b := &B{
+ common: common{
+ signal: make(chan interface{}),
+ },
+ benchmark: Benchmark,
+ }
+ benchName := Benchmark.Name
+ if procs != 1 {
+ benchName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", Benchmark.Name, procs)
+ }
+ fmt.Printf("%s\t", benchName)
+ r := b.run()
+ if b.failed {
+ // The output could be very long here, but probably isn't.
+ // We print it all, regardless, because we don't want to trim the reason
+ // the benchmark failed.
+ fmt.Printf("--- FAIL: %s\n%s", benchName, b.output)
+ continue
+ }
+ results := r.String()
+ if *benchmarkMemory || b.showAllocResult {
+ results += "\t" + r.MemString()
+ }
+ fmt.Println(results)
+ // Unlike with tests, we ignore the -chatty flag and always print output for
+ // benchmarks since the output generation time will skew the results.
+ if len(b.output) > 0 {
+ b.trimOutput()
+ fmt.Printf("--- BENCH: %s\n%s", benchName, b.output)
+ }
+ if p := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(-1); p != procs {
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: %s left GOMAXPROCS set to %d\n", benchName, p)
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// trimOutput shortens the output from a benchmark, which can be very long.
+func (b *B) trimOutput() {
+ // The output is likely to appear multiple times because the benchmark
+ // is run multiple times, but at least it will be seen. This is not a big deal
+ // because benchmarks rarely print, but just in case, we trim it if it's too long.
+ const maxNewlines = 10
+ for nlCount, j := 0, 0; j < len(b.output); j++ {
+ if b.output[j] == '\n' {
+ nlCount++
+ if nlCount >= maxNewlines {
+ b.output = append(b.output[:j], "\n\t... [output truncated]\n"...)
+ break
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// A PB is used by RunParallel for running parallel benchmarks.
+type PB struct {
+ globalN *uint64 // shared between all worker goroutines iteration counter
+ grain uint64 // acquire that many iterations from globalN at once
+ cache uint64 // local cache of acquired iterations
+ bN uint64 // total number of iterations to execute (b.N)
+}
+
+// Next reports whether there are more iterations to execute.
+func (pb *PB) Next() bool {
+ if pb.cache == 0 {
+ n := atomic.AddUint64(pb.globalN, pb.grain)
+ if n <= pb.bN {
+ pb.cache = pb.grain
+ } else if n < pb.bN+pb.grain {
+ pb.cache = pb.bN + pb.grain - n
+ } else {
+ return false
+ }
+ }
+ pb.cache--
+ return true
+}
+
+// RunParallel runs a benchmark in parallel.
+// It creates multiple goroutines and distributes b.N iterations among them.
+// The number of goroutines defaults to GOMAXPROCS. To increase parallelism for
+// non-CPU-bound benchmarks, call SetParallelism before RunParallel.
+// RunParallel is usually used with the go test -cpu flag.
+//
+// The body function will be run in each goroutine. It should set up any
+// goroutine-local state and then iterate until pb.Next returns false.
+// It should not use the StartTimer, StopTimer, or ResetTimer functions,
+// because they have global effect.
+func (b *B) RunParallel(body func(*PB)) {
+ // Calculate grain size as number of iterations that take ~100µs.
+ // 100µs is enough to amortize the overhead and provide sufficient
+ // dynamic load balancing.
+ grain := uint64(0)
+ if b.previousN > 0 && b.previousDuration > 0 {
+ grain = 1e5 * uint64(b.previousN) / uint64(b.previousDuration)
+ }
+ if grain < 1 {
+ grain = 1
+ }
+ // We expect the inner loop and function call to take at least 10ns,
+ // so do not do more than 100µs/10ns=1e4 iterations.
+ if grain > 1e4 {
+ grain = 1e4
+ }
+
+ n := uint64(0)
+ numProcs := b.parallelism * runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)
+ var wg sync.WaitGroup
+ wg.Add(numProcs)
+ for p := 0; p < numProcs; p++ {
+ go func() {
+ defer wg.Done()
+ pb := &PB{
+ globalN: &n,
+ grain: grain,
+ bN: uint64(b.N),
+ }
+ body(pb)
+ }()
+ }
+ wg.Wait()
+ if n <= uint64(b.N) && !b.Failed() {
+ b.Fatal("RunParallel: body exited without pb.Next() == false")
+ }
+}
+
+// SetParallelism sets the number of goroutines used by RunParallel to p*GOMAXPROCS.
+// There is usually no need to call SetParallelism for CPU-bound benchmarks.
+// If p is less than 1, this call will have no effect.
+func (b *B) SetParallelism(p int) {
+ if p >= 1 {
+ b.parallelism = p
+ }
+}
+
+// Benchmark benchmarks a single function. Useful for creating
+// custom benchmarks that do not use the "go test" command.
+func Benchmark(f func(b *B)) BenchmarkResult {
+ b := &B{
+ common: common{
+ signal: make(chan interface{}),
+ },
+ benchmark: InternalBenchmark{"", f},
+ }
+ return b.run()
+}