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1 ;;; elp.el --- Emacs Lisp Profiler
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1994,1995,1997,1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 ;; Author: Barry A. Warsaw
6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
7 ;; Created: 26-Feb-1994
8 ;; Keywords: debugging lisp tools
9
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
12 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
13 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
14 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
15 ;; any later version.
16
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21
22 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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24 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
25 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
26
27 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;;
29 ;; If you want to profile a bunch of functions, set elp-function-list
30 ;; to the list of symbols, then do a M-x elp-instrument-list. This
31 ;; hacks those functions so that profiling information is recorded
32 ;; whenever they are called. To print out the current results, use
33 ;; M-x elp-results. If you want output to go to standard-output
34 ;; instead of a separate buffer, setq elp-use-standard-output to
35 ;; non-nil. With elp-reset-after-results set to non-nil, profiling
36 ;; information will be reset whenever the results are displayed. You
37 ;; can also reset all profiling info at any time with M-x
38 ;; elp-reset-all.
39 ;;
40 ;; You can also instrument all functions in a package, provided that
41 ;; the package follows the GNU coding standard of a common textual
42 ;; prefix. Use M-x elp-instrument-package for this.
43 ;;
44 ;; If you want to sort the results, set elp-sort-by-function to some
45 ;; predicate function. The three most obvious choices are predefined:
46 ;; elp-sort-by-call-count, elp-sort-by-average-time, and
47 ;; elp-sort-by-total-time. Also, you can prune from the output, all
48 ;; functions that have been called fewer than a given number of times
49 ;; by setting elp-report-limit.
50 ;;
51 ;; Elp can instrument byte-compiled functions just as easily as
52 ;; interpreted functions, but it cannot instrument macros. However,
53 ;; when you redefine a function (e.g. with eval-defun), you'll need to
54 ;; re-instrument it with M-x elp-instrument-function. This will also
55 ;; reset profiling information for that function. Elp can handle
56 ;; interactive functions (i.e. commands), but of course any time spent
57 ;; idling for user prompts will show up in the timing results.
58 ;;
59 ;; You can also designate a `master' function. Profiling times will
60 ;; be gathered for instrumented functions only during execution of
61 ;; this master function. Thus, if you have some defuns like:
62 ;;
63 ;; (defun foo () (do-something-time-intensive))
64 ;; (defun bar () (foo))
65 ;; (defun baz () (bar) (foo))
66 ;;
67 ;; and you want to find out the amount of time spent in bar and foo,
68 ;; but only during execution of bar, make bar the master. The call of
69 ;; foo from baz will not add to foo's total timing sums. Use M-x
70 ;; elp-set-master and M-x elp-unset-master to utilize this feature.
71 ;; Only one master function can be set at a time.
72
73 ;; You can restore any function's original function definition with
74 ;; elp-restore-function. The other instrument, restore, and reset
75 ;; functions are provided for symmetry.
76
77 ;; Here is a list of variable you can use to customize elp:
78 ;; elp-function-list
79 ;; elp-reset-after-results
80 ;; elp-sort-by-function
81 ;; elp-report-limit
82 ;;
83 ;; Here is a list of the interactive commands you can use:
84 ;; elp-instrument-function
85 ;; elp-restore-function
86 ;; elp-instrument-list
87 ;; elp-restore-list
88 ;; elp-instrument-package
89 ;; elp-restore-all
90 ;; elp-reset-function
91 ;; elp-reset-list
92 ;; elp-reset-all
93 ;; elp-set-master
94 ;; elp-unset-master
95 ;; elp-results
96
97 ;; Note that there are plenty of factors that could make the times
98 ;; reported unreliable, including the accuracy and granularity of your
99 ;; system clock, and the overhead spent in lisp calculating and
100 ;; recording the intervals. I figure the latter is pretty constant,
101 ;; so while the times may not be entirely accurate, I think they'll
102 ;; give you a good feel for the relative amount of work spent in the
103 ;; various lisp routines you are profiling. Note further that times
104 ;; are calculated using wall-clock time, so other system load will
105 ;; affect accuracy too.
106
107 ;;; Background:
108
109 ;; This program was inspired by the only two existing Emacs Lisp
110 ;; profilers that I'm aware of, Boaz Ben-Zvi's profile.el, and Root
111 ;; Boy Jim's profiler.el. Both were written for Emacs 18 and both were
112 ;; pretty good first shots at profiling, but I found that they didn't
113 ;; provide the functionality or interface that I wanted, so I wrote
114 ;; this. I've tested elp in XEmacs 19 and Emacs 19. There's no point
115 ;; in even trying to make this work with Emacs 18.
116
117 ;; Unlike previous profilers, elp uses Emacs 19's built-in function
118 ;; current-time to return interval times. This obviates the need for
119 ;; both an external C program and Emacs processes to communicate with
120 ;; such a program, and thus simplifies the package as a whole.
121
122 ;; TBD:
123 ;; Make this act like a real profiler, so that it records time spent
124 ;; in all branches of execution.
125
126 ;;; Code:
127
128 \f
129 ;; start of user configuration variables
130 ;; vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
131
132 (defgroup elp nil
133 "Emacs Lisp Profiler"
134 :group 'lisp)
135
136 (defcustom elp-function-list nil
137 "*List of functions to profile.
138 Used by the command `elp-instrument-list'."
139 :type '(repeat function)
140 :group 'elp)
141
142 (defcustom elp-reset-after-results t
143 "*Non-nil means reset all profiling info after results are displayed.
144 Results are displayed with the `elp-results' command."
145 :type 'boolean
146 :group 'elp)
147
148 (defcustom elp-sort-by-function 'elp-sort-by-total-time
149 "*Non-nil specifies elp results sorting function.
150 These functions are currently available:
151
152 elp-sort-by-call-count -- sort by the highest call count
153 elp-sort-by-total-time -- sort by the highest total time
154 elp-sort-by-average-time -- sort by the highest average times
155
156 You can write you're own sort function. It should adhere to the
157 interface specified by the PRED argument for the `sort' defun. Each
158 \"element of LIST\" is really a 4 element vector where element 0 is
159 the call count, element 1 is the total time spent in the function,
160 element 2 is the average time spent in the function, and element 3 is
161 the symbol's name string."
162 :type 'function
163 :group 'elp)
164
165 (defcustom elp-report-limit 1
166 "*Prevents some functions from being displayed in the results buffer.
167 If a number, no function that has been called fewer than that number
168 of times will be displayed in the output buffer. If nil, all
169 functions will be displayed."
170 :type '(choice integer
171 (const :tag "Show All" nil))
172 :group 'elp)
173
174 (defcustom elp-use-standard-output nil
175 "*Non-nil says to output to `standard-output' instead of a buffer."
176 :type 'boolean
177 :group 'elp)
178
179 (defcustom elp-recycle-buffers-p t
180 "*nil says to not recycle the `elp-results-buffer'.
181 In other words, a new unique buffer is create every time you run
182 \\[elp-results]."
183 :type 'boolean
184 :group 'elp)
185
186
187 ;; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
188 ;; end of user configuration variables
189
190 \f
191 (defvar elp-results-buffer "*ELP Profiling Results*"
192 "Buffer name for outputting profiling results.")
193
194 (defconst elp-timer-info-property 'elp-info
195 "ELP information property name.")
196
197 (defvar elp-all-instrumented-list nil
198 "List of all functions currently being instrumented.")
199
200 (defvar elp-record-p t
201 "Controls whether functions should record times or not.
202 This variable is set by the master function.")
203
204 (defvar elp-master nil
205 "Master function symbol.")
206
207 (defvar elp-not-profilable
208 '(elp-wrapper elp-elapsed-time error call-interactively apply current-time interactive-p)
209 "List of functions that cannot be profiled.
210 Those functions are used internally by the profiling code and profiling
211 them would thus lead to infinite recursion.")
212
213 (defun elp-not-profilable-p (fun)
214 (or (memq fun elp-not-profilable)
215 (keymapp fun)
216 (condition-case nil
217 (when (subrp (symbol-function fun))
218 (eq 'unevalled (cdr (subr-arity (symbol-function fun)))))
219 (error nil))))
220
221 \f
222 ;;;###autoload
223 (defun elp-instrument-function (funsym)
224 "Instrument FUNSYM for profiling.
225 FUNSYM must be a symbol of a defined function."
226 (interactive "aFunction to instrument: ")
227 ;; restore the function. this is necessary to avoid infinite
228 ;; recursion of already instrumented functions (i.e. elp-wrapper
229 ;; calling elp-wrapper ad infinitum). it is better to simply
230 ;; restore the function than to throw an error. this will work
231 ;; properly in the face of eval-defun because if the function was
232 ;; redefined, only the timer info will be nil'd out since
233 ;; elp-restore-function is smart enough not to trash the new
234 ;; definition.
235 (elp-restore-function funsym)
236 (let* ((funguts (symbol-function funsym))
237 (infovec (vector 0 0 funguts))
238 (newguts '(lambda (&rest args))))
239 ;; We cannot profile functions used internally during profiling.
240 (when (elp-not-profilable-p funsym)
241 (error "ELP cannot profile the function: %s" funsym))
242 ;; we cannot profile macros
243 (and (eq (car-safe funguts) 'macro)
244 (error "ELP cannot profile macro: %s" funsym))
245 ;; TBD: at some point it might be better to load the autoloaded
246 ;; function instead of throwing an error. if we do this, then we
247 ;; probably want elp-instrument-package to be updated with the
248 ;; newly loaded list of functions. i'm not sure it's smart to do
249 ;; the autoload here, since that could have side effects, and
250 ;; elp-instrument-function is similar (in my mind) to defun-ish
251 ;; type functionality (i.e. it shouldn't execute the function).
252 (and (eq (car-safe funguts) 'autoload)
253 (error "ELP cannot profile autoloaded function: %s" funsym))
254 ;; put rest of newguts together
255 (if (commandp funsym)
256 (setq newguts (append newguts '((interactive)))))
257 (setq newguts (append newguts `((elp-wrapper
258 (quote ,funsym)
259 ,(when (commandp funsym)
260 '(interactive-p))
261 args))))
262 ;; to record profiling times, we set the symbol's function
263 ;; definition so that it runs the elp-wrapper function with the
264 ;; function symbol as an argument. We place the old function
265 ;; definition on the info vector.
266 ;;
267 ;; The info vector data structure is a 3 element vector. The 0th
268 ;; element is the call-count, i.e. the total number of times this
269 ;; function has been entered. This value is bumped up on entry to
270 ;; the function so that non-local exists are still recorded. TBD:
271 ;; I haven't tested non-local exits at all, so no guarantees.
272 ;;
273 ;; The 1st element is the total amount of time in usecs that have
274 ;; been spent inside this function. This number is added to on
275 ;; function exit.
276 ;;
277 ;; The 2nd element is the old function definition list. This gets
278 ;; funcall'd in between start/end time retrievals. I believe that
279 ;; this lets us profile even byte-compiled functions.
280
281 ;; put the info vector on the property list
282 (put funsym elp-timer-info-property infovec)
283
284 ;; Set the symbol's new profiling function definition to run
285 ;; elp-wrapper.
286 (let ((advice-info (get funsym 'ad-advice-info)))
287 (if advice-info
288 (progn
289 ;; If function is advised, don't let Advice change
290 ;; its definition from under us during the `fset'.
291 (put funsym 'ad-advice-info nil)
292 (fset funsym newguts)
293 (put funsym 'ad-advice-info advice-info))
294 (fset funsym newguts)))
295
296 ;; add this function to the instrumentation list
297 (unless (memq funsym elp-all-instrumented-list)
298 (push funsym elp-all-instrumented-list))))
299
300 (defun elp-restore-function (funsym)
301 "Restore an instrumented function to its original definition.
302 Argument FUNSYM is the symbol of a defined function."
303 (interactive "aFunction to restore: ")
304 (let ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property)))
305 ;; delete the function from the all instrumented list
306 (setq elp-all-instrumented-list
307 (delq funsym elp-all-instrumented-list))
308
309 ;; if the function was the master, reset the master
310 (if (eq funsym elp-master)
311 (setq elp-master nil
312 elp-record-p t))
313
314 ;; zap the properties
315 (put funsym elp-timer-info-property nil)
316
317 ;; restore the original function definition, but if the function
318 ;; wasn't instrumented do nothing. we do this after the above
319 ;; because its possible the function got un-instrumented due to
320 ;; circumstances beyond our control. Also, check to make sure
321 ;; that the current function symbol points to elp-wrapper. If
322 ;; not, then the user probably did an eval-defun, or loaded a
323 ;; byte-compiled version, while the function was instrumented and
324 ;; we don't want to destroy the new definition. can it ever be
325 ;; the case that a lisp function can be compiled instrumented?
326 (and info
327 (functionp funsym)
328 (not (byte-code-function-p (symbol-function funsym)))
329 (assq 'elp-wrapper (symbol-function funsym))
330 (fset funsym (aref info 2)))))
331
332 ;;;###autoload
333 (defun elp-instrument-list (&optional list)
334 "Instrument for profiling, all functions in `elp-function-list'.
335 Use optional LIST if provided instead."
336 (interactive "PList of functions to instrument: ")
337 (let ((list (or list elp-function-list)))
338 (mapcar 'elp-instrument-function list)))
339
340 ;;;###autoload
341 (defun elp-instrument-package (prefix)
342 "Instrument for profiling, all functions which start with PREFIX.
343 For example, to instrument all ELP functions, do the following:
344
345 \\[elp-instrument-package] RET elp- RET"
346 (interactive "sPrefix of package to instrument: ")
347 (if (zerop (length prefix))
348 (error "Instrumenting all Emacs functions would render Emacs unusable"))
349 (elp-instrument-list
350 (mapcar
351 'intern
352 (all-completions
353 prefix obarray
354 (lambda (sym)
355 (and (fboundp sym)
356 (not (or (memq (car-safe (symbol-function sym)) '(autoload macro))
357 (elp-not-profilable-p sym)))))))))
358
359 (defun elp-restore-list (&optional list)
360 "Restore the original definitions for all functions in `elp-function-list'.
361 Use optional LIST if provided instead."
362 (interactive "PList of functions to restore: ")
363 (let ((list (or list elp-function-list)))
364 (mapcar 'elp-restore-function list)))
365
366 (defun elp-restore-all ()
367 "Restores the original definitions of all functions being profiled."
368 (interactive)
369 (elp-restore-list elp-all-instrumented-list))
370
371 \f
372 (defun elp-reset-function (funsym)
373 "Reset the profiling information for FUNSYM."
374 (interactive "aFunction to reset: ")
375 (let ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property)))
376 (or info
377 (error "%s is not instrumented for profiling" funsym))
378 (aset info 0 0) ;reset call counter
379 (aset info 1 0.0) ;reset total time
380 ;; don't muck with aref 2 as that is the old symbol definition
381 ))
382
383 (defun elp-reset-list (&optional list)
384 "Reset the profiling information for all functions in `elp-function-list'.
385 Use optional LIST if provided instead."
386 (interactive "PList of functions to reset: ")
387 (let ((list (or list elp-function-list)))
388 (mapcar 'elp-reset-function list)))
389
390 (defun elp-reset-all ()
391 "Reset the profiling information for all functions being profiled."
392 (interactive)
393 (elp-reset-list elp-all-instrumented-list))
394
395 (defun elp-set-master (funsym)
396 "Set the master function for profiling."
397 (interactive "aMaster function: ")
398 ;; when there's a master function, recording is turned off by
399 ;; default
400 (setq elp-master funsym
401 elp-record-p nil)
402 ;; make sure master function is instrumented
403 (or (memq funsym elp-all-instrumented-list)
404 (elp-instrument-function funsym)))
405
406 (defun elp-unset-master ()
407 "Unsets the master function."
408 (interactive)
409 ;; when there's no master function, recording is turned on by default.
410 (setq elp-master nil
411 elp-record-p t))
412
413 \f
414 (defsubst elp-elapsed-time (start end)
415 (+ (* (- (car end) (car start)) 65536.0)
416 (- (car (cdr end)) (car (cdr start)))
417 (/ (- (car (cdr (cdr end))) (car (cdr (cdr start)))) 1000000.0)))
418
419 (defun elp-wrapper (funsym interactive-p args)
420 "This function has been instrumented for profiling by the ELP.
421 ELP is the Emacs Lisp Profiler. To restore the function to its
422 original definition, use \\[elp-restore-function] or \\[elp-restore-all]."
423 ;; turn on recording if this is the master function
424 (if (and elp-master
425 (eq funsym elp-master))
426 (setq elp-record-p t))
427 ;; get info vector and original function symbol
428 (let* ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property))
429 (func (aref info 2))
430 result)
431 (or func
432 (error "%s is not instrumented for profiling" funsym))
433 (if (not elp-record-p)
434 ;; when not recording, just call the original function symbol
435 ;; and return the results.
436 (setq result
437 (if interactive-p
438 (call-interactively func)
439 (apply func args)))
440 ;; we are recording times
441 (let (enter-time exit-time)
442 ;; increment the call-counter
443 (aset info 0 (1+ (aref info 0)))
444 ;; now call the old symbol function, checking to see if it
445 ;; should be called interactively. make sure we return the
446 ;; correct value
447 (if interactive-p
448 (setq enter-time (current-time)
449 result (call-interactively func)
450 exit-time (current-time))
451 (setq enter-time (current-time)
452 result (apply func args)
453 exit-time (current-time)))
454 ;; calculate total time in function
455 (aset info 1 (+ (aref info 1) (elp-elapsed-time enter-time exit-time)))
456 ))
457 ;; turn off recording if this is the master function
458 (if (and elp-master
459 (eq funsym elp-master))
460 (setq elp-record-p nil))
461 result))
462
463 \f
464 ;; shut the byte-compiler up
465 (defvar elp-field-len nil)
466 (defvar elp-cc-len nil)
467 (defvar elp-at-len nil)
468 (defvar elp-et-len nil)
469
470 (defun elp-sort-by-call-count (vec1 vec2)
471 ;; sort by highest call count. See `sort'.
472 (>= (aref vec1 0) (aref vec2 0)))
473
474 (defun elp-sort-by-total-time (vec1 vec2)
475 ;; sort by highest total time spent in function. See `sort'.
476 (>= (aref vec1 1) (aref vec2 1)))
477
478 (defun elp-sort-by-average-time (vec1 vec2)
479 ;; sort by highest average time spent in function. See `sort'.
480 (>= (aref vec1 2) (aref vec2 2)))
481
482 (defsubst elp-pack-number (number width)
483 ;; pack the NUMBER string into WIDTH characters, watching out for
484 ;; very small or large numbers
485 (if (<= (length number) width)
486 number
487 ;; check for very large or small numbers
488 (if (string-match "^\\(.*\\)\\(e[+-].*\\)$" number)
489 (concat (substring
490 (substring number (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))
491 0
492 (- width (match-end 2) (- (match-beginning 2)) 3))
493 "..."
494 (substring number (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2)))
495 (concat (substring number 0 width)))))
496
497 (defun elp-output-result (resultvec)
498 ;; output the RESULTVEC into the results buffer. RESULTVEC is a 4 or
499 ;; more element vector where aref 0 is the call count, aref 1 is the
500 ;; total time spent in the function, aref 2 is the average time
501 ;; spent in the function, and aref 3 is the symbol's string
502 ;; name. All other elements in the vector are ignored.
503 (let* ((cc (aref resultvec 0))
504 (tt (aref resultvec 1))
505 (at (aref resultvec 2))
506 (symname (aref resultvec 3))
507 callcnt totaltime avetime)
508 (setq callcnt (number-to-string cc)
509 totaltime (number-to-string tt)
510 avetime (number-to-string at))
511 ;; possibly prune the results
512 (if (and elp-report-limit
513 (numberp elp-report-limit)
514 (< cc elp-report-limit))
515 nil
516 (insert symname)
517 (insert-char 32 (+ elp-field-len (- (length symname)) 2))
518 ;; print stuff out, formatting it nicely
519 (insert callcnt)
520 (insert-char 32 (+ elp-cc-len (- (length callcnt)) 2))
521 (let ((ttstr (elp-pack-number totaltime elp-et-len))
522 (atstr (elp-pack-number avetime elp-at-len)))
523 (insert ttstr)
524 (insert-char 32 (+ elp-et-len (- (length ttstr)) 2))
525 (insert atstr))
526 (insert "\n"))))
527
528 ;;;###autoload
529 (defun elp-results ()
530 "Display current profiling results.
531 If `elp-reset-after-results' is non-nil, then current profiling
532 information for all instrumented functions are reset after results are
533 displayed."
534 (interactive)
535 (let ((curbuf (current-buffer))
536 (resultsbuf (if elp-recycle-buffers-p
537 (get-buffer-create elp-results-buffer)
538 (generate-new-buffer elp-results-buffer))))
539 (set-buffer resultsbuf)
540 (erase-buffer)
541 (beginning-of-buffer)
542 ;; get the length of the longest function name being profiled
543 (let* ((longest 0)
544 (title "Function Name")
545 (titlelen (length title))
546 (elp-field-len titlelen)
547 (cc-header "Call Count")
548 (elp-cc-len (length cc-header))
549 (et-header "Elapsed Time")
550 (elp-et-len (length et-header))
551 (at-header "Average Time")
552 (elp-at-len (length at-header))
553 (resvec
554 (mapcar
555 (function
556 (lambda (funsym)
557 (let* ((info (get funsym elp-timer-info-property))
558 (symname (format "%s" funsym))
559 (cc (aref info 0))
560 (tt (aref info 1)))
561 (if (not info)
562 (insert "No profiling information found for: "
563 symname)
564 (setq longest (max longest (length symname)))
565 (vector cc tt (if (zerop cc)
566 0.0 ;avoid arithmetic div-by-zero errors
567 (/ (float tt) (float cc)))
568 symname)))))
569 elp-all-instrumented-list))
570 ) ; end let*
571 (insert title)
572 (if (> longest titlelen)
573 (progn
574 (insert-char 32 (- longest titlelen))
575 (setq elp-field-len longest)))
576 (insert " " cc-header " " et-header " " at-header "\n")
577 (insert-char ?= elp-field-len)
578 (insert " ")
579 (insert-char ?= elp-cc-len)
580 (insert " ")
581 (insert-char ?= elp-et-len)
582 (insert " ")
583 (insert-char ?= elp-at-len)
584 (insert "\n")
585 ;; if sorting is enabled, then sort the results list. in either
586 ;; case, call elp-output-result to output the result in the
587 ;; buffer
588 (if elp-sort-by-function
589 (setq resvec (sort resvec elp-sort-by-function)))
590 (mapcar 'elp-output-result resvec))
591 ;; now pop up results buffer
592 (set-buffer curbuf)
593 (pop-to-buffer resultsbuf)
594 ;; copy results to standard-output?
595 (if (or elp-use-standard-output noninteractive)
596 (princ (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max))))
597 ;; reset profiling info if desired
598 (and elp-reset-after-results
599 (elp-reset-all))))
600
601 (defun elp-unload-hook ()
602 (elp-restore-all))
603 \f
604 (provide 'elp)
605
606 ;;; arch-tag: c4eef311-9b3e-4bb2-8a54-3485d41b4eb1
607 ;;; elp.el ends here