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1 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
2 // CycleClock
3 //    A CycleClock tells you the current time in Cycles.  The "time"
4 //    is actually time since power-on.  This is like time() but doesn't
5 //    involve a system call and is much more precise.
6 //
7 // NOTE: Not all cpu/platform/kernel combinations guarantee that this
8 // clock increments at a constant rate or is synchronized across all logical
9 // cpus in a system.
10 //
11 // If you need the above guarantees, please consider using a different
12 // API. There are efforts to provide an interface which provides a millisecond
13 // granularity and implemented as a memory read. A memory read is generally
14 // cheaper than the CycleClock for many architectures.
15 //
16 // Also, in some out of order CPU implementations, the CycleClock is not
17 // serializing. So if you're trying to count at cycles granularity, your
18 // data might be inaccurate due to out of order instruction execution.
19 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
20 
21 #ifndef BENCHMARK_CYCLECLOCK_H_
22 #define BENCHMARK_CYCLECLOCK_H_
23 
24 #include <cstdint>
25 
26 #include "benchmark/macros.h"
27 #include "internal_macros.h"
28 
29 #if defined(BENCHMARK_OS_MACOSX)
30 #include <mach/mach_time.h>
31 #endif
32 // For MSVC, we want to use '_asm rdtsc' when possible (since it works
33 // with even ancient MSVC compilers), and when not possible the
34 // __rdtsc intrinsic, declared in <intrin.h>.  Unfortunately, in some
35 // environments, <windows.h> and <intrin.h> have conflicting
36 // declarations of some other intrinsics, breaking compilation.
37 // Therefore, we simply declare __rdtsc ourselves. See also
38 // http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/262047
39 #if defined(COMPILER_MSVC) && !defined(_M_IX86)
40 extern "C" uint64_t __rdtsc();
41 #pragma intrinsic(__rdtsc)
42 #endif
43 
44 #ifndef BENCHMARK_OS_WINDOWS
45 #include <sys/time.h>
46 #endif
47 
48 namespace benchmark {
49 // NOTE: only i386 and x86_64 have been well tested.
50 // PPC, sparc, alpha, and ia64 are based on
51 //    http://peter.kuscsik.com/wordpress/?p=14
52 // with modifications by m3b.  See also
53 //    https://setisvn.ssl.berkeley.edu/svn/lib/fftw-3.0.1/kernel/cycle.h
54 namespace cycleclock {
55 // This should return the number of cycles since power-on.  Thread-safe.
Now()56 inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE int64_t Now() {
57 #if defined(BENCHMARK_OS_MACOSX)
58   // this goes at the top because we need ALL Macs, regardless of
59   // architecture, to return the number of "mach time units" that
60   // have passed since startup.  See sysinfo.cc where
61   // InitializeSystemInfo() sets the supposed cpu clock frequency of
62   // macs to the number of mach time units per second, not actual
63   // CPU clock frequency (which can change in the face of CPU
64   // frequency scaling).  Also note that when the Mac sleeps, this
65   // counter pauses; it does not continue counting, nor does it
66   // reset to zero.
67   return mach_absolute_time();
68 #elif defined(__i386__)
69   int64_t ret;
70   __asm__ volatile("rdtsc" : "=A"(ret));
71   return ret;
72 #elif defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__amd64__)
73   uint64_t low, high;
74   __asm__ volatile("rdtsc" : "=a"(low), "=d"(high));
75   return (high << 32) | low;
76 #elif defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__)
77   // This returns a time-base, which is not always precisely a cycle-count.
78   int64_t tbl, tbu0, tbu1;
79   asm("mftbu %0" : "=r"(tbu0));
80   asm("mftb  %0" : "=r"(tbl));
81   asm("mftbu %0" : "=r"(tbu1));
82   tbl &= -static_cast<int64>(tbu0 == tbu1);
83   // high 32 bits in tbu1; low 32 bits in tbl  (tbu0 is garbage)
84   return (tbu1 << 32) | tbl;
85 #elif defined(__sparc__)
86   int64_t tick;
87   asm(".byte 0x83, 0x41, 0x00, 0x00");
88   asm("mov   %%g1, %0" : "=r"(tick));
89   return tick;
90 #elif defined(__ia64__)
91   int64_t itc;
92   asm("mov %0 = ar.itc" : "=r"(itc));
93   return itc;
94 #elif defined(COMPILER_MSVC) && defined(_M_IX86)
95   // Older MSVC compilers (like 7.x) don't seem to support the
96   // __rdtsc intrinsic properly, so I prefer to use _asm instead
97   // when I know it will work.  Otherwise, I'll use __rdtsc and hope
98   // the code is being compiled with a non-ancient compiler.
99   _asm rdtsc
100 #elif defined(COMPILER_MSVC)
101   return __rdtsc();
102 #elif defined(__aarch64__)
103   // System timer of ARMv8 runs at a different frequency than the CPU's.
104   // The frequency is fixed, typically in the range 1-50MHz.  It can be
105   // read at CNTFRQ special register.  We assume the OS has set up
106   // the virtual timer properly.
107   int64_t virtual_timer_value;
108   asm volatile("mrs %0, cntvct_el0" : "=r"(virtual_timer_value));
109   return virtual_timer_value;
110 #elif defined(__ARM_ARCH)
111 #if (__ARM_ARCH >= 6)  // V6 is the earliest arch that has a standard cyclecount
112   uint32_t pmccntr;
113   uint32_t pmuseren;
114   uint32_t pmcntenset;
115   // Read the user mode perf monitor counter access permissions.
116   asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c9, c14, 0" : "=r"(pmuseren));
117   if (pmuseren & 1) {  // Allows reading perfmon counters for user mode code.
118     asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c9, c12, 1" : "=r"(pmcntenset));
119     if (pmcntenset & 0x80000000ul) {  // Is it counting?
120       asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c9, c13, 0" : "=r"(pmccntr));
121       // The counter is set up to count every 64th cycle
122       return static_cast<int64_t>(pmccntr) * 64;  // Should optimize to << 6
123     }
124   }
125 #endif
126   struct timeval tv;
127   gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
128   return static_cast<int64_t>(tv.tv_sec) * 1000000 + tv.tv_usec;
129 #elif defined(__mips__)
130   // mips apparently only allows rdtsc for superusers, so we fall
131   // back to gettimeofday.  It's possible clock_gettime would be better.
132   struct timeval tv;
133   gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
134   return static_cast<int64_t>(tv.tv_sec) * 1000000 + tv.tv_usec;
135 #else
136 // The soft failover to a generic implementation is automatic only for ARM.
137 // For other platforms the developer is expected to make an attempt to create
138 // a fast implementation and use generic version if nothing better is available.
139 #error You need to define CycleTimer for your OS and CPU
140 #endif
141 }
142 }  // end namespace cycleclock
143 }  // end namespace benchmark
144 
145 #endif  // BENCHMARK_CYCLECLOCK_H_
146