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* Re: Custom/Foreign-Join-APIs (Re: [v9.5] Custom Plan API)
@ 2015-02-13 07:37 Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
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From: Michael Paquier @ 2015-02-13 07:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kouhei Kaigai <[email protected]>; +Cc: Robert Haas <[email protected]>; Tom Lane <[email protected]>; pgsql-hackers; Shigeru Hanada <[email protected]>

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Kouhei Kaigai <[email protected]> wrote:

> > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Kouhei Kaigai <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > When custom-scan node replaced a join-plan, it shall have at least two
> > > child plan-nodes. The callback handler of PlanCustomPath needs to be
> > > able to call create_plan_recurse() to transform the underlying
> > > path-nodes to plan-nodes, because this custom-scan node may take other
> > > built-in scan or sub-join nodes as its inner/outer input.
> > > In case of FDW, it shall kick any underlying scan relations to remote
> > > side, thus we may not expect ForeignScan has underlying plans...
> >
> > Do you have an example of this?
> >
> Yes, even though full code set is too large for patch submission...
>
> https://github.com/pg-strom/devel/blob/master/src/gpuhashjoin.c#L1880
>
> This create_gpuhashjoin_plan() is PlanCustomPath callback of GpuHashJoin.
> It takes GpuHashJoinPath inherited from CustomPath that has multiple
> underlying scan/join paths.
> Once it is called back from the backend, it also calls
> create_plan_recurse()
> to make inner/outer plan nodes according to the paths.
>
> In the result, we can see the following query execution plan that
> CustomScan
> takes underlying scan plans.
>
> postgres=# EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t0 NATURAL JOIN t1 NATURAL JOIN t2;
>                                     QUERY PLAN
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Custom Scan (GpuHashJoin)  (cost=2968.00..140120.31 rows=3970922
> width=143)
>    Hash clause 1: (aid = aid)
>    Hash clause 2: (bid = bid)
>    Bulkload: On
>    ->  Custom Scan (GpuScan) on t0  (cost=500.00..57643.00 rows=4000009
> width=77)
>    ->  Custom Scan (MultiHash)  (cost=734.00..734.00 rows=40000 width=37)
>          hash keys: aid
>          nBatches: 1  Buckets: 46000  Memory Usage: 99.99%
>          ->  Seq Scan on t1  (cost=0.00..734.00 rows=40000 width=37)
>          ->  Custom Scan (MultiHash)  (cost=734.00..734.00 rows=40000
> width=37)
>                hash keys: bid
>                nBatches: 1  Buckets: 46000  Memory Usage: 49.99%
>                ->  Seq Scan on t2  (cost=0.00..734.00 rows=40000 width=37)
> (13 rows)
>

Where are we on this? AFAIK, we have now a feature with no documentation
and no example in-core to test those custom routine APIs, hence moved to
next CF.
-- 
Michael


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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] WIP: Use cpu reference cycles, via rdtsc, to measure time for instrumentation.
@ 2020-06-12 02:38 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 266+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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From: Andres Freund @ 2020-06-12 02:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index fc058d548a8..8b2f9a2e707 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
+/* time in baseline cpu cycles */
 typedef int64 instr_time;
+
 #define NS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000000)
 #define US_PER_S INT64CONST(1000000)
 #define MS_PER_S INT64CONST(1000)
@@ -95,17 +97,67 @@ typedef int64 instr_time;
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
-static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up with
+ * seconds.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The cold portion should probably be out-of-line. And it'd be better
+ * to not recompute this in every file that uses this. Best would probably be
+ * to require explicit initialization of cycles_to_sec, because having a
+ * branch really is unnecessary.
+ *
+ * FIXME: We should probably not unnecessarily use floating point math
+ * here. And it's likely that the numbers are small enough that we are running
+ * into floating point inaccuracies already. Probably worthwhile to be a good
+ * bit smarter.
+ *
+ * FIXME: This would need to be conditional, with a fallback to something not
+ * rdtsc based.
+ */
+static inline double __attribute__((const))
+get_cycles_to_sec(void)
 {
-	struct timespec tmp;
+	static double cycles_to_sec = 0;
 
-	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
+	/*
+	 * Compute baseline cpu peformance, determines speed at which rdtsc advances
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cycles_to_sec == 0))
+	{
+		uint32 cpuinfo[4] = {0};
 
-	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+		__get_cpuid(0x16, cpuinfo, cpuinfo + 1, cpuinfo + 2, cpuinfo + 3);
+		cycles_to_sec = 1 / ((double) cpuinfo[0] * 1000 * 1000);
+	}
+
+	return cycles_to_sec;
+}
+
+static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The rdtscp waits for all in-flight instructions to finish (but allows
+	 * later instructions to start concurrently). That's good for some timing
+	 * situations (when the time is supposed to cover all the work), but
+	 * terrible for others (when sub-parts of work are measured, because then
+	 * the pipeline stall due to the wait change the overall timing).
+	 */
+#if 0
+	unsigned int aux;
+	int64 tsc = __rdtscp(&aux);
+
+	return tsc;
+#else
+
+	return __rdtsc();
+#endif
 }
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
-	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()
+	(t) = pg_clock_gettime_ref_cycles()
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
 	do { \
@@ -123,13 +175,13 @@ static inline instr_time pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_S)
+	((double) (t) * get_cycles_to_sec())
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_MS)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * MS_PER_S))
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((double) (t) / NS_PER_US)
+	((double) (t) * (get_cycles_to_sec() * US_PER_S))
 
 #else							/* !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
 
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