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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_BASE_H_
6 #define BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_BASE_H_
7 
8 #include <limits.h>
9 #include <stddef.h>
10 #include <stdint.h>
11 
12 #include <memory>
13 #include <string>
14 #include <vector>
15 
16 #include "base/atomicops.h"
17 #include "base/base_export.h"
18 #include "base/macros.h"
19 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
20 #include "base/time/time.h"
21 
22 namespace base {
23 
24 class DictionaryValue;
25 class HistogramBase;
26 class HistogramSamples;
27 class ListValue;
28 class Pickle;
29 class PickleIterator;
30 
31 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
32 // This enum is used to facilitate deserialization of histograms from other
33 // processes into the browser. If you create another class that inherits from
34 // HistogramBase, add new histogram types and names below.
35 
36 enum HistogramType {
37   HISTOGRAM,
38   LINEAR_HISTOGRAM,
39   BOOLEAN_HISTOGRAM,
40   CUSTOM_HISTOGRAM,
41   SPARSE_HISTOGRAM,
42   DUMMY_HISTOGRAM,
43 };
44 
45 // Controls the verbosity of the information when the histogram is serialized to
46 // a JSON.
47 // GENERATED_JAVA_ENUM_PACKAGE: org.chromium.base.metrics
48 enum JSONVerbosityLevel {
49   // The histogram is completely serialized.
50   JSON_VERBOSITY_LEVEL_FULL,
51   // The bucket information is not serialized.
52   JSON_VERBOSITY_LEVEL_OMIT_BUCKETS,
53 };
54 
55 std::string HistogramTypeToString(HistogramType type);
56 
57 // This enum is used for reporting how many histograms and of what types and
58 // variations are being created. It has to be in the main .h file so it is
59 // visible to files that define the various histogram types.
60 enum HistogramReport {
61   // Count the number of reports created. The other counts divided by this
62   // number will give the average per run of the program.
63   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_CREATED = 0,
64 
65   // Count the total number of histograms created. It is the limit against
66   // which all others are compared.
67   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_HISTOGRAM_CREATED = 1,
68 
69   // Count the total number of histograms looked-up. It's better to cache
70   // the result of a single lookup rather than do it repeatedly.
71   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_HISTOGRAM_LOOKUP = 2,
72 
73   // These count the individual histogram types. This must follow the order
74   // of HistogramType above.
75   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_TYPE_LOGARITHMIC = 3,
76   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_TYPE_LINEAR = 4,
77   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_TYPE_BOOLEAN = 5,
78   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_TYPE_CUSTOM = 6,
79   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_TYPE_SPARSE = 7,
80 
81   // These indicate the individual flags that were set.
82   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_FLAG_UMA_TARGETED = 8,
83   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_FLAG_UMA_STABILITY = 9,
84   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_FLAG_PERSISTENT = 10,
85 
86   // This must be last.
87   HISTOGRAM_REPORT_MAX = 11
88 };
89 
90 // Create or find existing histogram that matches the pickled info.
91 // Returns NULL if the pickled data has problems.
92 BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* DeserializeHistogramInfo(base::PickleIterator* iter);
93 
94 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
95 
96 class BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase {
97  public:
98   typedef int32_t Sample;                // Used for samples.
99   typedef subtle::Atomic32 AtomicCount;  // Used to count samples.
100   typedef int32_t Count;  // Used to manipulate counts in temporaries.
101 
102   static const Sample kSampleType_MAX;  // INT_MAX
103 
104   enum Flags {
105     kNoFlags = 0x0,
106 
107     // Histogram should be UMA uploaded.
108     kUmaTargetedHistogramFlag = 0x1,
109 
110     // Indicates that this is a stability histogram. This flag exists to specify
111     // which histograms should be included in the initial stability log. Please
112     // refer to |MetricsService::PrepareInitialStabilityLog|.
113     kUmaStabilityHistogramFlag = kUmaTargetedHistogramFlag | 0x2,
114 
115     // Indicates that the histogram was pickled to be sent across an IPC
116     // Channel. If we observe this flag on a histogram being aggregated into
117     // after IPC, then we are running in a single process mode, and the
118     // aggregation should not take place (as we would be aggregating back into
119     // the source histogram!).
120     kIPCSerializationSourceFlag = 0x10,
121 
122     // Indicates that a callback exists for when a new sample is recorded on
123     // this histogram. We store this as a flag with the histogram since
124     // histograms can be in performance critical code, and this allows us
125     // to shortcut looking up the callback if it doesn't exist.
126     kCallbackExists = 0x20,
127 
128     // Indicates that the histogram is held in "persistent" memory and may
129     // be accessible between processes. This is only possible if such a
130     // memory segment has been created/attached, used to create a Persistent-
131     // MemoryAllocator, and that loaded into the Histogram module before this
132     // histogram is created.
133     kIsPersistent = 0x40,
134   };
135 
136   // Histogram data inconsistency types.
137   enum Inconsistency : uint32_t {
138     NO_INCONSISTENCIES = 0x0,
139     RANGE_CHECKSUM_ERROR = 0x1,
140     BUCKET_ORDER_ERROR = 0x2,
141     COUNT_HIGH_ERROR = 0x4,
142     COUNT_LOW_ERROR = 0x8,
143 
144     NEVER_EXCEEDED_VALUE = 0x10,
145   };
146 
147   // Construct the base histogram. The name is not copied; it's up to the
148   // caller to ensure that it lives at least as long as this object.
149   explicit HistogramBase(const char* name);
150   virtual ~HistogramBase();
151 
histogram_name()152   const char* histogram_name() const { return histogram_name_; }
153 
154   // Compares |name| to the histogram name and triggers a DCHECK if they do not
155   // match. This is a helper function used by histogram macros, which results in
156   // in more compact machine code being generated by the macros.
157   virtual void CheckName(const StringPiece& name) const;
158 
159   // Get a unique ID for this histogram's samples.
160   virtual uint64_t name_hash() const = 0;
161 
162   // Operations with Flags enum.
flags()163   int32_t flags() const { return subtle::NoBarrier_Load(&flags_); }
164   void SetFlags(int32_t flags);
165   void ClearFlags(int32_t flags);
166 
167   virtual HistogramType GetHistogramType() const = 0;
168 
169   // Whether the histogram has construction arguments as parameters specified.
170   // For histograms that don't have the concept of minimum, maximum or
171   // bucket_count, this function always returns false.
172   virtual bool HasConstructionArguments(
173       Sample expected_minimum,
174       Sample expected_maximum,
175       uint32_t expected_bucket_count) const = 0;
176 
177   virtual void Add(Sample value) = 0;
178 
179   // In Add function the |value| bucket is increased by one, but in some use
180   // cases we need to increase this value by an arbitrary integer. AddCount
181   // function increases the |value| bucket by |count|. |count| should be greater
182   // than or equal to 1.
183   virtual void AddCount(Sample value, int count) = 0;
184 
185   // Similar to above but divides |count| by the |scale| amount. Probabilistic
186   // rounding is used to yield a reasonably accurate total when many samples
187   // are added. Methods for common cases of scales 1000 and 1024 are included.
188   // The ScaledLinearHistogram (which can also used be for enumerations) may be
189   // a better (and faster) solution.
190   void AddScaled(Sample value, int count, int scale);
191   void AddKilo(Sample value, int count);  // scale=1000
192   void AddKiB(Sample value, int count);   // scale=1024
193 
194   // Convenient functions that call Add(Sample).
AddTime(const TimeDelta & time)195   void AddTime(const TimeDelta& time) { AddTimeMillisecondsGranularity(time); }
196   void AddTimeMillisecondsGranularity(const TimeDelta& time);
197   // Note: AddTimeMicrosecondsGranularity() drops the report if this client
198   // doesn't have a high-resolution clock.
199   void AddTimeMicrosecondsGranularity(const TimeDelta& time);
200   void AddBoolean(bool value);
201 
202   virtual void AddSamples(const HistogramSamples& samples) = 0;
203   virtual bool AddSamplesFromPickle(base::PickleIterator* iter) = 0;
204 
205   // Serialize the histogram info into |pickle|.
206   // Note: This only serializes the construction arguments of the histogram, but
207   // does not serialize the samples.
208   void SerializeInfo(base::Pickle* pickle) const;
209 
210   // Try to find out data corruption from histogram and the samples.
211   // The returned value is a combination of Inconsistency enum.
212   virtual uint32_t FindCorruption(const HistogramSamples& samples) const;
213 
214   // Snapshot the current complete set of sample data.
215   // Override with atomic/locked snapshot if needed.
216   // NOTE: this data can overflow for long-running sessions. It should be
217   // handled with care and this method is recommended to be used only
218   // in about:histograms and test code.
219   virtual std::unique_ptr<HistogramSamples> SnapshotSamples() const = 0;
220 
221   // Calculate the change (delta) in histogram counts since the previous call
222   // to this method. Each successive call will return only those counts
223   // changed since the last call.
224   virtual std::unique_ptr<HistogramSamples> SnapshotDelta() = 0;
225 
226   // Calculate the change (delta) in histogram counts since the previous call
227   // to SnapshotDelta() but do so without modifying any internal data as to
228   // what was previous logged. After such a call, no further calls to this
229   // method or to SnapshotDelta() should be done as the result would include
230   // data previously returned. Because no internal data is changed, this call
231   // can be made on "const" histograms such as those with data held in
232   // read-only memory.
233   virtual std::unique_ptr<HistogramSamples> SnapshotFinalDelta() const = 0;
234 
235   // The following methods provide graphical histogram displays.
236   virtual void WriteHTMLGraph(std::string* output) const = 0;
237   virtual void WriteAscii(std::string* output) const = 0;
238 
239   // TODO(bcwhite): Remove this after https://crbug/836875.
240   virtual void ValidateHistogramContents() const;
241 
242   // Produce a JSON representation of the histogram with |verbosity_level| as
243   // the serialization verbosity. This is implemented with the help of
244   // GetParameters and GetCountAndBucketData; overwrite them to customize the
245   // output.
246   void WriteJSON(std::string* output, JSONVerbosityLevel verbosity_level) const;
247 
248  protected:
249   enum ReportActivity { HISTOGRAM_CREATED, HISTOGRAM_LOOKUP };
250 
251   // Subclasses should implement this function to make SerializeInfo work.
252   virtual void SerializeInfoImpl(base::Pickle* pickle) const = 0;
253 
254   // Writes information about the construction parameters in |params|.
255   virtual void GetParameters(DictionaryValue* params) const = 0;
256 
257   // Writes information about the current (non-empty) buckets and their sample
258   // counts to |buckets|, the total sample count to |count| and the total sum
259   // to |sum|.
260   virtual void GetCountAndBucketData(Count* count,
261                                      int64_t* sum,
262                                      ListValue* buckets) const = 0;
263 
264   //// Produce actual graph (set of blank vs non blank char's) for a bucket.
265   void WriteAsciiBucketGraph(double current_size,
266                              double max_size,
267                              std::string* output) const;
268 
269   // Return a string description of what goes in a given bucket.
270   const std::string GetSimpleAsciiBucketRange(Sample sample) const;
271 
272   // Write textual description of the bucket contents (relative to histogram).
273   // Output is the count in the buckets, as well as the percentage.
274   void WriteAsciiBucketValue(Count current,
275                              double scaled_sum,
276                              std::string* output) const;
277 
278   // Retrieves the callback for this histogram, if one exists, and runs it
279   // passing |sample| as the parameter.
280   void FindAndRunCallback(Sample sample) const;
281 
282   // Gets a permanent string that can be used for histogram objects when the
283   // original is not a code constant or held in persistent memory.
284   static const char* GetPermanentName(const std::string& name);
285 
286  private:
287   friend class HistogramBaseTest;
288 
289   // A pointer to permanent storage where the histogram name is held. This can
290   // be code space or the output of GetPermanentName() or any other storage
291   // that is known to never change. This is not StringPiece because (a) char*
292   // is 1/2 the size and (b) StringPiece transparently casts from std::string
293   // which can easily lead to a pointer to non-permanent space.
294   // For persistent histograms, this will simply point into the persistent
295   // memory segment, thus avoiding duplication. For heap histograms, the
296   // GetPermanentName method will create the necessary copy.
297   const char* const histogram_name_;
298 
299   // Additional information about the histogram.
300   AtomicCount flags_;
301 
302   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HistogramBase);
303 };
304 
305 }  // namespace base
306 
307 #endif  // BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_BASE_H_
308