Profiler Class Reference

The main Profiler class. More...

#include <utils/Profiler.h>

Inheritance diagram for Profiler:

Classes
struct	Scope

Public Types
typedef Base::Type	Type

Public Member Functions
	Profiler ()
	~Profiler ()
double	getCPUSpeed ()
	Returns the set or calibrated CPU speed (in cycles/second i.e. More...
void	setCPUSpeed (double speed)
	Overwrites the calibrated CPU speed with the specified value (in Hz!). More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	writeReport (const std::string &directory, const std::string &dotCommand="", const std::string &imgFormat="png")
static uint64	getCycleCount ()
static Type &	instance ()
	Returns a reference to the singleton instance. More...
static bool	isDestroyed ()
	Returns true, if the singleton was already destroyed. More...

Static Protected Member Functions
static Type *	makeInstance ()
static void	destroyInstance (void)

Friends
struct	ThreadInfo

Detailed Description

The main Profiler class.

This class is used as singleton. The global instance can be obtained using Profiler::instance().

USAGE:

Add a pair of MIRA_PROFILE_BEGIN and MIRA_PROFILE_END macros around
the code you want to profile, or add the MIRA_PROFILE_SCOPE macro
into the scope of code you want to profile (see example below).

To enable profiling add the following compiler option:

-DMIRA_PROFILER_ENABLED

e.g. by adding

ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DMIRA_PROFILER_ENABLED)

to your CMakeLists.txt file.

EXAMPLE:

#include <utils/Profiler.h>

void test()
{
    MIRA_PROFILE_BEGIN(function_test);
    int sum=0;
    for(int i=0; i<10; ++i)
    {
        MIRA_PROFILE_SCOPE(in_for_loop);
        sum+=i; // the code we want to measure
    }
    MIRA_PROFILE_END(function_test);
}

// Write the report to the output directory.
// Note: The directory must exist

Profiler::writeReport("./reportdir", "dot");

// choose the desired image output format (default: png)
// Note: "dot -T?" returns a list of possible formats

Profiler::writeReport("./reportdir", "dot", "pdf");

// or if no GraphViz dot tool is available:
// Profiler::writeReport("./reportdir");

Within the for-loop the MIRA_PROFILE_SCOPE macro is used to profile the execution time of the code within the for-loop. However, sometimes you need more control where to place the start and ending point of the timing measurements. In these cases you can use the MIRA_PROFILE_BEGIN and MIRA_PROFILE_END macro pair.

Note

If you want to profile a module or class that is used through a MIRA framework by running e.g. mira/miracenter, these tools have a CLI parameter '–enable-profiler' which can be used to trigger the report writing on process exit. If used that way, there is no need to call Profiler::writeReport in own code.

Member Typedef Documentation

Type

typedef Base::Type Type

inherited

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Profiler()

Profiler

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)

~Profiler()

~Profiler

(

)

Member Function Documentation

writeReport()

static void writeReport ( const std::string &  directory, const std::string &  dotCommand = "", const std::string &  imgFormat = "png"  )

inlinestatic

getCPUSpeed()

double getCPUSpeed

(

)

Returns the set or calibrated CPU speed (in cycles/second i.e.

Hz). If this function is called the first time AND setCPUSpeed was not called before, the CPU speed will be calibrated automatically by sleeping one second.

setCPUSpeed()

void setCPUSpeed ( double  speed )

inline

Overwrites the calibrated CPU speed with the specified value (in Hz!).

getCycleCount()

uint64 getCycleCount ( )

inlinestatic

instance()

static Type& instance ( )

inlinestaticinherited

Returns a reference to the singleton instance.

Exceptions

XSingleton

If the singleton was already destroyed (dead reference) or not yet created (when using ExplicitInstantiation).

isDestroyed()

static bool isDestroyed ( )

inlinestaticinherited

Returns true, if the singleton was already destroyed.

Trying to access it will result in an exception.

makeInstance()

static Type* makeInstance ( )

inlinestaticprotectedinherited

destroyInstance()

static void destroyInstance ( void  )

inlinestaticprotectedinherited

Friends And Related Function Documentation

ThreadInfo

friend struct ThreadInfo

friend

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• base/include/utils/Profiler.h