use perf_event::{Builder, Group}; use perf_event::events::{Cache, CacheOp, CacheResult, Hardware, WhichCache}; fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { const ACCESS: Cache = Cache { which: WhichCache::L1D, operation: CacheOp::READ, result: CacheResult::ACCESS, }; const MISS: Cache = Cache { result: CacheResult::MISS, ..ACCESS }; let mut group = Group::new()?; let access_counter = Builder::new().group(&mut group).kind(ACCESS).build()?; let miss_counter = Builder::new().group(&mut group).kind(MISS).build()?; let branches = Builder::new().group(&mut group).kind(Hardware::BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS).build()?; let missed_branches = Builder::new().group(&mut group).kind(Hardware::BRANCH_MISSES).build()?; let insns = Builder::new().group(&mut group).kind(Hardware::INSTRUCTIONS).build()?; let cycles = Builder::new().group(&mut group).kind(Hardware::CPU_CYCLES).build()?; // Note that if you add more counters than you actually have hardware for, // the kernel will time-slice them, which means you may get no coverage for // short measurements. See the documentation. // // On my machine, this program won't collect any data unless I disable the // NMI watchdog, as described in the documentation for `Group`. My machine // has four counters, and this program tries to use all of them, but the NMI // watchdog uses one up. let mut vec = (0..=100000).collect::>(); group.enable()?; vec.sort(); println!("{:?}", &vec[0..10]); group.disable()?; let counts = group.read()?; println!("enabled for {}ns, actually running for {}ns", counts.time_enabled(), counts.time_running()); if counts.time_running() == 0 { println!("Group was never running; no results available."); return Ok(()); } if counts.time_running() < counts.time_enabled() { println!("Counts cover only a portion of the execution."); } println!("L1D cache misses/references: {} / {} ({:.0}%)", counts[&miss_counter], counts[&access_counter], (counts[&miss_counter] as f64 / counts[&access_counter] as f64) * 100.0); println!("branch prediction misses/total: {} / {} ({:.0}%)", counts[&missed_branches], counts[&branches], (counts[&missed_branches] as f64 / counts[&branches] as f64) * 100.0); println!("{} instructions, {} cycles ({:.2} cpi)", counts[&insns], counts[&cycles], counts[&cycles] as f64 / counts[&insns] as f64); // You can iterate over a `Counts` value: for (id, value) in &counts { println!("Counter id {} has value {}", id, value); } Ok(()) }