1 // Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
18 var matchBenchmarks = flag.String("test.bench", "", "run only benchmarks matching `regexp`")
19 var benchTime = flag.Duration("test.benchtime", 1*time.Second, "run each benchmark for duration `d`")
20 var benchmarkMemory = flag.Bool("test.benchmem", false, "print memory allocations for benchmarks")
22 // Global lock to ensure only one benchmark runs at a time.
23 var benchmarkLock sync.Mutex
25 // Used for every benchmark for measuring memory.
26 var memStats runtime.MemStats
28 // An internal type but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
29 // of the "go test" command.
30 type InternalBenchmark struct {
35 // B is a type passed to Benchmark functions to manage benchmark
36 // timing and to specify the number of iterations to run.
38 // A benchmark ends when its Benchmark function returns or calls any of the methods
39 // FailNow, Fatal, Fatalf, SkipNow, Skip, or Skipf. Those methods must be called
40 // only from the goroutine running the Benchmark function.
41 // The other reporting methods, such as the variations of Log and Error,
42 // may be called simultaneously from multiple goroutines.
44 // Like in tests, benchmark logs are accumulated during execution
45 // and dumped to standard error when done. Unlike in tests, benchmark logs
46 // are always printed, so as not to hide output whose existence may be
47 // affecting benchmark results.
50 importPath string // import path of the package containing the benchmark
53 previousN int // number of iterations in the previous run
54 previousDuration time.Duration // total duration of the previous run
56 benchTime time.Duration
58 missingBytes bool // one of the subbenchmarks does not have bytes set.
61 result BenchmarkResult
62 parallelism int // RunParallel creates parallelism*GOMAXPROCS goroutines
63 // The initial states of memStats.Mallocs and memStats.TotalAlloc.
66 // The net total of this test after being run.
71 // StartTimer starts timing a test. This function is called automatically
72 // before a benchmark starts, but it can also used to resume timing after
73 // a call to StopTimer.
74 func (b *B) StartTimer() {
76 runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
77 b.startAllocs = memStats.Mallocs
78 b.startBytes = memStats.TotalAlloc
84 // StopTimer stops timing a test. This can be used to pause the timer
85 // while performing complex initialization that you don't
87 func (b *B) StopTimer() {
89 b.duration += time.Now().Sub(b.start)
90 runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
91 b.netAllocs += memStats.Mallocs - b.startAllocs
92 b.netBytes += memStats.TotalAlloc - b.startBytes
97 // ResetTimer zeros the elapsed benchmark time and memory allocation counters.
98 // It does not affect whether the timer is running.
99 func (b *B) ResetTimer() {
101 runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
102 b.startAllocs = memStats.Mallocs
103 b.startBytes = memStats.TotalAlloc
111 // SetBytes records the number of bytes processed in a single operation.
112 // If this is called, the benchmark will report ns/op and MB/s.
113 func (b *B) SetBytes(n int64) { b.bytes = n }
115 // ReportAllocs enables malloc statistics for this benchmark.
116 // It is equivalent to setting -test.benchmem, but it only affects the
117 // benchmark function that calls ReportAllocs.
118 func (b *B) ReportAllocs() {
119 b.showAllocResult = true
122 func (b *B) nsPerOp() int64 {
126 return b.duration.Nanoseconds() / int64(b.N)
129 // runN runs a single benchmark for the specified number of iterations.
130 func (b *B) runN(n int) {
132 defer benchmarkLock.Unlock()
133 // Try to get a comparable environment for each run
134 // by clearing garbage from previous runs.
136 b.raceErrors = -race.Errors()
144 b.previousDuration = b.duration
145 b.raceErrors += race.Errors()
146 if b.raceErrors > 0 {
147 b.Errorf("race detected during execution of benchmark")
151 func min(x, y int) int {
158 func max(x, y int) int {
165 // roundDown10 rounds a number down to the nearest power of 10.
166 func roundDown10(n int) int {
168 // tens = floor(log_10(n))
175 for i := 0; i < tens; i++ {
181 // roundUp rounds x up to a number of the form [1eX, 2eX, 3eX, 5eX].
182 func roundUp(n int) int {
183 base := roundDown10(n)
187 case n <= (2 * base):
189 case n <= (3 * base):
191 case n <= (5 * base):
198 // run1 runs the first iteration of benchFunc. It returns whether more
199 // iterations of this benchmarks should be run.
200 func (b *B) run1() bool {
201 if ctx := b.context; ctx != nil {
202 // Extend maxLen, if needed.
203 if n := len(b.name) + ctx.extLen + 1; n > ctx.maxLen {
204 ctx.maxLen = n + 8 // Add additional slack to avoid too many jumps in size.
208 // Signal that we're done whether we return normally
209 // or by FailNow's runtime.Goexit.
218 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- FAIL: %s\n%s", b.name, b.output)
221 // Only print the output if we know we are not going to proceed.
222 // Otherwise it is printed in processBench.
223 if atomic.LoadInt32(&b.hasSub) != 0 || b.finished {
228 if b.chatty && (len(b.output) > 0 || b.finished) {
230 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- %s: %s\n%s", tag, b.name, b.output)
237 var labelsOnce sync.Once
239 // run executes the benchmark in a separate goroutine, including all of its
240 // subbenchmarks. b must not have subbenchmarks.
241 func (b *B) run() BenchmarkResult {
242 labelsOnce.Do(func() {
243 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "goos: %s\n", runtime.GOOS)
244 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "goarch: %s\n", runtime.GOARCH)
245 if b.importPath != "" {
246 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "pkg: %s\n", b.importPath)
249 if b.context != nil {
250 // Running go test --test.bench
251 b.context.processBench(b) // Must call doBench.
253 // Running func Benchmark.
259 func (b *B) doBench() BenchmarkResult {
265 // launch launches the benchmark function. It gradually increases the number
266 // of benchmark iterations until the benchmark runs for the requested benchtime.
267 // launch is run by the doBench function as a separate goroutine.
268 // run1 must have been called on b.
269 func (b *B) launch() {
270 // Signal that we're done whether we return normally
271 // or by FailNow's runtime.Goexit.
276 // Run the benchmark for at least the specified amount of time.
278 for n := 1; !b.failed && b.duration < d && n < 1e9; {
280 // Predict required iterations.
281 n = int(d.Nanoseconds())
282 if nsop := b.nsPerOp(); nsop != 0 {
285 // Run more iterations than we think we'll need (1.2x).
286 // Don't grow too fast in case we had timing errors previously.
287 // Be sure to run at least one more than last time.
288 n = max(min(n+n/5, 100*last), last+1)
289 // Round up to something easy to read.
293 b.result = BenchmarkResult{b.N, b.duration, b.bytes, b.netAllocs, b.netBytes}
296 // The results of a benchmark run.
297 type BenchmarkResult struct {
298 N int // The number of iterations.
299 T time.Duration // The total time taken.
300 Bytes int64 // Bytes processed in one iteration.
301 MemAllocs uint64 // The total number of memory allocations.
302 MemBytes uint64 // The total number of bytes allocated.
305 func (r BenchmarkResult) NsPerOp() int64 {
309 return r.T.Nanoseconds() / int64(r.N)
312 func (r BenchmarkResult) mbPerSec() float64 {
313 if r.Bytes <= 0 || r.T <= 0 || r.N <= 0 {
316 return (float64(r.Bytes) * float64(r.N) / 1e6) / r.T.Seconds()
319 func (r BenchmarkResult) AllocsPerOp() int64 {
323 return int64(r.MemAllocs) / int64(r.N)
326 func (r BenchmarkResult) AllocedBytesPerOp() int64 {
330 return int64(r.MemBytes) / int64(r.N)
333 func (r BenchmarkResult) String() string {
337 mb = fmt.Sprintf("\t%7.2f MB/s", mbs)
340 ns := fmt.Sprintf("%10d ns/op", nsop)
341 if r.N > 0 && nsop < 100 {
342 // The format specifiers here make sure that
343 // the ones digits line up for all three possible formats.
345 ns = fmt.Sprintf("%13.2f ns/op", float64(r.T.Nanoseconds())/float64(r.N))
347 ns = fmt.Sprintf("%12.1f ns/op", float64(r.T.Nanoseconds())/float64(r.N))
350 return fmt.Sprintf("%8d\t%s%s", r.N, ns, mb)
353 func (r BenchmarkResult) MemString() string {
354 return fmt.Sprintf("%8d B/op\t%8d allocs/op",
355 r.AllocedBytesPerOp(), r.AllocsPerOp())
358 // benchmarkName returns full name of benchmark including procs suffix.
359 func benchmarkName(name string, n int) string {
361 return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", name, n)
366 type benchContext struct {
369 maxLen int // The largest recorded benchmark name.
370 extLen int // Maximum extension length.
373 // An internal function but exported because it is cross-package; part of the implementation
374 // of the "go test" command.
375 func RunBenchmarks(matchString func(pat, str string) (bool, error), benchmarks []InternalBenchmark) {
376 runBenchmarks("", matchString, benchmarks)
379 func runBenchmarks(importPath string, matchString func(pat, str string) (bool, error), benchmarks []InternalBenchmark) bool {
380 // If no flag was specified, don't run benchmarks.
381 if len(*matchBenchmarks) == 0 {
384 // Collect matching benchmarks and determine longest name.
386 for _, procs := range cpuList {
387 if procs > maxprocs {
391 ctx := &benchContext{
392 match: newMatcher(matchString, *matchBenchmarks, "-test.bench"),
393 extLen: len(benchmarkName("", maxprocs)),
395 var bs []InternalBenchmark
396 for _, Benchmark := range benchmarks {
397 if _, matched := ctx.match.fullName(nil, Benchmark.Name); matched {
398 bs = append(bs, Benchmark)
399 benchName := benchmarkName(Benchmark.Name, maxprocs)
400 if l := len(benchName) + ctx.extLen + 1; l > ctx.maxLen {
411 importPath: importPath,
412 benchFunc: func(b *B) {
413 for _, Benchmark := range bs {
414 b.Run(Benchmark.Name, Benchmark.F)
417 benchTime: *benchTime,
424 // processBench runs bench b for the configured CPU counts and prints the results.
425 func (ctx *benchContext) processBench(b *B) {
426 for i, procs := range cpuList {
427 runtime.GOMAXPROCS(procs)
428 benchName := benchmarkName(b.name, procs)
429 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "%-*s\t", ctx.maxLen, benchName)
430 // Recompute the running time for all but the first iteration.
434 signal: make(chan bool),
439 benchFunc: b.benchFunc,
440 benchTime: b.benchTime,
446 // The output could be very long here, but probably isn't.
447 // We print it all, regardless, because we don't want to trim the reason
448 // the benchmark failed.
449 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- FAIL: %s\n%s", benchName, b.output)
452 results := r.String()
453 if *benchmarkMemory || b.showAllocResult {
454 results += "\t" + r.MemString()
456 fmt.Fprintln(b.w, results)
457 // Unlike with tests, we ignore the -chatty flag and always print output for
458 // benchmarks since the output generation time will skew the results.
459 if len(b.output) > 0 {
461 fmt.Fprintf(b.w, "--- BENCH: %s\n%s", benchName, b.output)
463 if p := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(-1); p != procs {
464 fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testing: %s left GOMAXPROCS set to %d\n", benchName, p)
469 // Run benchmarks f as a subbenchmark with the given name. It reports
470 // whether there were any failures.
472 // A subbenchmark is like any other benchmark. A benchmark that calls Run at
473 // least once will not be measured itself and will be called once with N=1.
475 // Run may be called simultaneously from multiple goroutines, but all such
476 // calls must happen before the outer benchmark function for b returns.
477 func (b *B) Run(name string, f func(b *B)) bool {
478 // Since b has subbenchmarks, we will no longer run it as a benchmark itself.
479 // Release the lock and acquire it on exit to ensure locks stay paired.
480 atomic.StoreInt32(&b.hasSub, 1)
481 benchmarkLock.Unlock()
482 defer benchmarkLock.Lock()
484 benchName, ok := b.name, true
485 if b.context != nil {
486 benchName, ok = b.context.match.fullName(&b.common, name)
493 signal: make(chan bool),
500 importPath: b.importPath,
502 benchTime: b.benchTime,
512 // add simulates running benchmarks in sequence in a single iteration. It is
513 // used to give some meaningful results in case func Benchmark is used in
514 // combination with Run.
515 func (b *B) add(other BenchmarkResult) {
517 // The aggregated BenchmarkResults resemble running all subbenchmarks as
518 // in sequence in a single benchmark.
520 r.T += time.Duration(other.NsPerOp())
521 if other.Bytes == 0 {
522 // Summing Bytes is meaningless in aggregate if not all subbenchmarks
524 b.missingBytes = true
528 r.Bytes += other.Bytes
530 r.MemAllocs += uint64(other.AllocsPerOp())
531 r.MemBytes += uint64(other.AllocedBytesPerOp())
534 // trimOutput shortens the output from a benchmark, which can be very long.
535 func (b *B) trimOutput() {
536 // The output is likely to appear multiple times because the benchmark
537 // is run multiple times, but at least it will be seen. This is not a big deal
538 // because benchmarks rarely print, but just in case, we trim it if it's too long.
539 const maxNewlines = 10
540 for nlCount, j := 0, 0; j < len(b.output); j++ {
541 if b.output[j] == '\n' {
543 if nlCount >= maxNewlines {
544 b.output = append(b.output[:j], "\n\t... [output truncated]\n"...)
551 // A PB is used by RunParallel for running parallel benchmarks.
553 globalN *uint64 // shared between all worker goroutines iteration counter
554 grain uint64 // acquire that many iterations from globalN at once
555 cache uint64 // local cache of acquired iterations
556 bN uint64 // total number of iterations to execute (b.N)
559 // Next reports whether there are more iterations to execute.
560 func (pb *PB) Next() bool {
562 n := atomic.AddUint64(pb.globalN, pb.grain)
565 } else if n < pb.bN+pb.grain {
566 pb.cache = pb.bN + pb.grain - n
575 // RunParallel runs a benchmark in parallel.
576 // It creates multiple goroutines and distributes b.N iterations among them.
577 // The number of goroutines defaults to GOMAXPROCS. To increase parallelism for
578 // non-CPU-bound benchmarks, call SetParallelism before RunParallel.
579 // RunParallel is usually used with the go test -cpu flag.
581 // The body function will be run in each goroutine. It should set up any
582 // goroutine-local state and then iterate until pb.Next returns false.
583 // It should not use the StartTimer, StopTimer, or ResetTimer functions,
584 // because they have global effect. It should also not call Run.
585 func (b *B) RunParallel(body func(*PB)) {
587 return // Nothing to do when probing.
589 // Calculate grain size as number of iterations that take ~100µs.
590 // 100µs is enough to amortize the overhead and provide sufficient
591 // dynamic load balancing.
593 if b.previousN > 0 && b.previousDuration > 0 {
594 grain = 1e5 * uint64(b.previousN) / uint64(b.previousDuration)
599 // We expect the inner loop and function call to take at least 10ns,
600 // so do not do more than 100µs/10ns=1e4 iterations.
606 numProcs := b.parallelism * runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)
607 var wg sync.WaitGroup
609 for p := 0; p < numProcs; p++ {
621 if n <= uint64(b.N) && !b.Failed() {
622 b.Fatal("RunParallel: body exited without pb.Next() == false")
626 // SetParallelism sets the number of goroutines used by RunParallel to p*GOMAXPROCS.
627 // There is usually no need to call SetParallelism for CPU-bound benchmarks.
628 // If p is less than 1, this call will have no effect.
629 func (b *B) SetParallelism(p int) {
635 // Benchmark benchmarks a single function. Useful for creating
636 // custom benchmarks that do not use the "go test" command.
638 // If f calls Run, the result will be an estimate of running all its
639 // subbenchmarks that don't call Run in sequence in a single benchmark.
640 func Benchmark(f func(b *B)) BenchmarkResult {
643 signal: make(chan bool),
647 benchTime: *benchTime,
650 return BenchmarkResult{}
655 type discard struct{}
657 func (discard) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) { return len(b), nil }