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* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 @ 2025-07-26 00:57 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Lukas Fittl @ 2025-07-26 00:57 UTC (permalink / raw) We switch to using the time stamp counter (TSC) instead of clock_gettime() to reduce overhead of EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIME ON). Tests showed that runtime is reduced by around 10% for queries moving lots of rows through the plan. For now this is only enabled on Linux/x86, in case the system clocksource is reported as TSC. Relying on the Linux kernel simplifies the logic to detect if the present TSC is usable (frequency invariant, synchronized between sockets, etc.). In all other cases we fallback to clock_gettime(). Note, that we intentionally use RDTSC in the fast paths, rather than RDTSCP. RDTSCP waits for outstanding instructions to retire on out-of-order CPUs. This adds noticably for little benefit in the typical InstrStartNode() / InstrStopNode() use case. The macro to be used in such cases is called INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(). The original macro INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT() uses RDTSCP and is supposed to be used when precision is more important than performance. Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20200612232810.f46nbqkdhbutzqdg%40alap3.anarazel.de --- src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 4 +- src/backend/executor/instrument.c | 12 +- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 3 + src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c | 3 + src/bin/psql/startup.c | 4 + src/common/Makefile | 1 + src/common/instr_time.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/meson.build | 1 + src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 136 +++++++++++++++--- 9 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/common/instr_time.c diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c index d2b031fdd06..5027048cac4 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c @@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ count_nondeletable_pages(LVRelState *vacrel, bool *lock_waiter_detected) INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(currenttime); elapsed = currenttime; INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(elapsed, starttime); - if ((INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(elapsed) / 1000) - >= VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) + if (INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(elapsed) >= + VACUUM_TRUNCATE_LOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL) { if (LockHasWaitersRelation(vacrel->rel, AccessExclusiveLock)) { diff --git a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c index 56e635f4700..01f67c5d972 100644 --- a/src/backend/executor/instrument.c +++ b/src/backend/executor/instrument.c @@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ InstrInit(Instrumentation *instr, int instrument_options) void InstrStartNode(Instrumentation *instr) { - if (instr->need_timer && - !INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(instr->starttime)) - elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + if (instr->need_timer) + { + if (!INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) + elog(ERROR, "InstrStartNode called twice in a row"); + else + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(instr->starttime); + } /* save buffer usage totals at node entry, if needed */ if (instr->need_bufusage) @@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ InstrStopNode(Instrumentation *instr, double nTuples) if (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(instr->starttime)) elog(ERROR, "InstrStopNode called without start"); - INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(endtime); + INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(endtime); INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(instr->counter, endtime, instr->starttime); INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(instr->starttime); diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c index 641e535a73c..d573409903b 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c @@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, /* Initialize portal manager */ EnablePortalManager(); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* * Load relcache entries for the shared system catalogs. This must create * at least entries for pg_database and catalogs used for authentication. diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c index 1515ed405ba..79bef2d2aec 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c +++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c @@ -7290,6 +7290,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) initRandomState(&state[i].cs_func_rs); } + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + /* opening connection... */ con = doConnect(); if (con == NULL) diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c index 249b6aa5169..d615df593c7 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "help.h" #include "input.h" #include "mainloop.h" +#include "portability/instr_time.h" #include "settings.h" /* @@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) PQsetNoticeProcessor(pset.db, NoticeProcessor, NULL); + /* initialize high-precision interval timing */ + INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE(); + SyncVariables(); if (options.list_dbs) diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile index 2c720caa509..1a2fbbe887f 100644 --- a/src/common/Makefile +++ b/src/common/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \ file_perm.o \ file_utils.o \ hashfn.o \ + instr_time.o \ ip.o \ jsonapi.o \ keywords.o \ diff --git a/src/common/instr_time.c b/src/common/instr_time.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdf47699f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/common/instr_time.c @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * instr_time.c + * Non-inline parts of the portable high-precision interval timing + * implementation + * + * Portions Copyright (c) 2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + * + * + * IDENTIFICATION + * src/backend/port/instr_time.c + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +#include "postgres.h" + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && !defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <cpuid.h> +#endif + +#if defined(HAVE__CPUID) || (defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) && defined(_MSC_VER)) +#include <intrin.h> +#endif + +#include "portability/instr_time.h" + +#ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Stores what the number of cycles needs to be multiplied with to end up + * with nanoseconds using integer math. See comment in pg_initialize_rdtsc() + * for more details. + * + * By default assume we are using clock_gettime() as a fallback which uses + * nanoseconds as ticks. Hence, we set the multiplier to the precision scalar + * so that the division in INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() won't change the nanoseconds. + * + * When using the RDTSC instruction directly this is filled in during initialization + * based on the relevant CPUID fields. + */ +int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled = TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; +int64 ticks_per_sec = NS_PER_S; +int64 max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +/* + * Indicates if RDTSC can be used (Linux/x86 only, when OS uses TSC clocksource) + */ +bool has_rdtsc = false; + +/* + * Indicates if RDTSCP can be used. True if RDTSC can be used and RDTSCP is available. + */ +bool has_rdtscp = false; + +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(words) (words[1] == 0x61774d56 && words[2] == 0x4d566572 && words[3] == 0x65726177) /* VMwareVMware */ +#define CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(words) (words[1] == 0x4b4d564b && words[2] == 0x564b4d56 && words[3] == 0x0000004d) /* KVMKVMKVM */ + +static bool +get_tsc_frequency_khz(uint32 *tsc_freq) +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x15, &r[0] /* denominator */ , &r[1] /* numerator */ , &r[2] /* hz */ , &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x15); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[2] > 0) + { + if (r[0] == 0 || r[1] == 0) + return false; + + *tsc_freq = r[2] / 1000 * r[1] / r[0]; + return true; + } + + /* Some CPUs only report frequency in 16H */ + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + __get_cpuid(0x16, &r[0] /* base_mhz */ , &r[1], &r[2], &r[3]); +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x16); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0] * 1000; + return true; + } + + /* + * Check if we have a KVM or VMware Hypervisor passing down TSC frequency + * to us in a guest VM + * + * Note that accessing the 0x40000000 leaf for Hypervisor info requires + * use of __cpuidex to set ECX to 0. The similar __get_cpuid_count + * function does not work as expected since it contains a check for + * __get_cpuid_max, which has been observed to be lower than the special + * Hypervisor leaf. + */ +#if defined(HAVE__CPUIDEX) + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000000, 0); + if (r[0] >= 0x40000010 && (CPUID_HYPERVISOR_VMWARE(r) || CPUID_HYPERVISOR_KVM(r))) + { + __cpuidex((int32 *) r, 0x40000010, 0); + if (r[0] > 0) + { + *tsc_freq = r[0]; + return true; + } + } +#endif + + return false; +} + +static bool +is_rdtscp_available() +{ + uint32 r[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; + +#if defined(HAVE__GET_CPUID) + if (!__get_cpuid(0x80000001, &r[0], &r[1], &r[2], &r[3])) + return false; +#elif defined(HAVE__CPUID) + __cpuid(r, 0x80000001); +#else +#error cpuid instruction not available +#endif + + return (r[3] & (1 << 27)) != 0; +} + +/* + * Decide whether we use the RDTSC instruction at runtime, for Linux/x86, + * instead of incurring the overhead of a full clock_gettime() call. + * + * This can't be reliably determined at compile time, since the + * availability of an "invariant" TSC (that is not affected by CPU + * frequency changes) is dependent on the CPU architecture. Additionally, + * there are cases where TSC availability is impacted by virtualization, + * where a simple cpuid feature check would not be enough. + * + * Since Linux already does a significant amount of work to determine + * whether TSC is a viable clock source, decide based on that. + */ +void +pg_initialize_rdtsc(void) +{ + FILE *fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource", "r"); + + if (fp) + { + char buf[128]; + + if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL && strcmp(buf, "tsc\n") == 0) + { + /* + * Compute baseline CPU peformance, determines speed at which + * RDTSC advances. + */ + uint32 tsc_freq; + + if (get_tsc_frequency_khz(&tsc_freq)) + { + /* + * Ticks to nanoseconds conversion requires floating point + * math because because: + * + * sec = ticks / frequency_hz ns = ticks / frequency_hz * + * 1,000,000,000 ns = ticks * (1,000,000,000 / frequency_hz) + * ns = ticks * (1,000,000 / frequency_khz) <-- now in + * kilohertz + * + * Here, 'ns' is usually a floating number. For example for a + * 2.5 GHz CPU the scaling factor becomes 1,000,000 / + * 2,500,000 = 1.2. + * + * To be able to use integer math we work around the lack of + * precision. We first scale the integer up and after the + * multiplication by the number of ticks in + * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC() we divide again by the same value. + * We picked the scaler such that it provides enough precision + * and is a power-of-two which allows for shifting instead of + * doing an integer division. + */ + ticks_per_ns_scaled = INT64CONST(1000000) * TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION / tsc_freq; + ticks_per_sec = tsc_freq * 1000; /* KHz->Hz */ + max_ticks_no_overflow = PG_INT64_MAX / ticks_per_ns_scaled; + + has_rdtsc = true; + has_rdtscp = is_rdtscp_available(); + } + } + + fclose(fp); + } +} +#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) */ + +#endif /* WIN32 */ diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build index 1540ba67cca..62b90b3e609 100644 --- a/src/common/meson.build +++ b/src/common/meson.build @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ common_sources = files( 'file_perm.c', 'file_utils.c', 'hashfn.c', + 'instr_time.c', 'ip.c', 'jsonapi.c', 'keywords.c', diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h index f71a851b18d..e2e339a0c4f 100644 --- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h +++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ * portable high-precision interval timing * * This file provides an abstraction layer to hide portability issues in - * interval timing. On Unix we use clock_gettime(), and on Windows we use - * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing room to - * use other high-precision-timing APIs. + * interval timing. On Linux/x86 we use the rdtsc instruction when a TSC + * clocksource is also used on the host OS. Otherwise, and on other + * Unix-like systems we use clock_gettime() and on Windows we use + * QueryPerformanceCounter(). These macros also give some breathing + * room to use other high-precision-timing APIs. * * The basic data type is instr_time, which all callers should treat as an * opaque typedef. instr_time can store either an absolute time (of @@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ * * INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) set t to zero (memset is acceptable too) * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) set t to current time without waiting + * for instructions in out-of-order window * - * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) set t to current time if t is zero, - * evaluates to whether t changed + * INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) set t to current time while waiting for + * instructions in OOO to retire * * INSTR_TIME_ADD(x, y) x += y * @@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ typedef struct instr_time #ifndef WIN32 +/* + * Make sure this is a power-of-two, so that the compiler can turn the + * multiplications and divisions into shifts. + */ +#define TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION (1<<14) + +extern int64 ticks_per_ns_scaled; +extern int64 ticks_per_sec; +extern int64 max_ticks_no_overflow; /* Use clock_gettime() */ @@ -106,9 +118,18 @@ typedef struct instr_time #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK CLOCK_REALTIME #endif -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) +#include <x86intrin.h> +#include <cpuid.h> + +extern bool has_rdtsc; +extern bool has_rdtscp; + +extern void pg_initialize_rdtsc(void); +#endif + static inline instr_time -pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) +pg_clock_gettime(void) { instr_time now; struct timespec tmp; @@ -119,11 +140,94 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) return now; } +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks_fast(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtsc) + { + instr_time now; + + now.ticks = __rdtsc(); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline instr_time +pg_get_ticks(void) +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + if (has_rdtscp) + { + instr_time now; + uint32 unused; + + now.ticks = __rdtscp(&unused); + return now; + } +#endif + + return pg_clock_gettime(); +} + +static inline int64_t +pg_ticks_to_ns(instr_time t) +{ + /* + * Would multiplication overflow? If so perform computation in two parts. + * Check overflow without actually overflowing via: a * b > max <=> a > + * max / b + */ + int64 ns = 0; + + if (unlikely(t.ticks > max_ticks_no_overflow)) + { + /* + * Compute how often the maximum number of ticks fits completely into + * the number of elapsed ticks and convert that number into + * nanoseconds. Then multiply by the count to arrive at the final + * value. In a 2nd step we adjust the number of elapsed ticks and + * convert the remaining ticks. + */ + int64 count = t.ticks / max_ticks_no_overflow; + int64 max_ns = max_ticks_no_overflow * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + + ns = max_ns * count; + + /* + * Subtract the ticks that we now already accounted for, so that they + * don't get counted twice. + */ + t.ticks -= count * max_ticks_no_overflow; + Assert(t.ticks >= 0); + } + + ns += t.ticks * ticks_per_ns_scaled / TICKS_TO_NS_PRECISION; + return ns; +} + +static inline void +pg_initialize_get_ticks() +{ +#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__linux__) + pg_initialize_rdtsc(); +#endif +} + +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() \ + pg_initialize_get_ticks() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_get_ticks_fast()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ - ((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns()) + ((t) = pg_get_ticks()) #define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \ - ((int64) (t).ticks) + pg_ticks_to_ns(t) #else /* WIN32 */ @@ -131,7 +235,7 @@ pg_clock_gettime_ns(void) /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */ -/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */ +/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT / INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST */ static inline instr_time pg_query_performance_counter(void) { @@ -153,6 +257,11 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) return (double) f.QuadPart; } +#define INSTR_TIME_INITIALIZE() + +#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_FAST(t) \ + ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) + #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \ ((t) = pg_query_performance_counter()) @@ -168,13 +277,8 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void) #define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks == 0) - #define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t) ((t).ticks = 0) -#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \ - (INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false) - - #define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \ ((x).ticks += (y).ticks) -- 2.47.3 --vtqqtrpooseurzip Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v12-0003-pg_test_timing-Add-fast-flag-to-test-fast-timing.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK @ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 268+ messages in thread From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw) Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work done to that point. We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to raise an error when this condition is detected. --- src/backend/commands/repack.c | 60 ++++++++++---- src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c | 15 ++++ src/include/storage/proc.h | 6 +- src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile | 1 + .../expected/repack_deadlock.out | 63 ++++++++++++++ src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build | 1 + .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec | 83 +++++++++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c @@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel) /* Determine the lock mode to use. */ lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0); + /* + * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag. This + * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to + * error out. It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking + * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock + * that others can conflict with. + */ + if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0) + { + LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE); + MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK; + ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags; + LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock); + } + /* * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through. @@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent) * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order * instead of index order. * - * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some - * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to - * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect - * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The - * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.) + * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock + * will be released at end of the transaction. * * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error * messages. @@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid, /* * Make sure we're not in a transaction block. * - * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock - * if there's an XID already assigned. It would be possible to run in - * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is - * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything. + * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait + * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would + * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no + * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction + * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users + * to understand and we don't lose anything. */ PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)"); @@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose, * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our - * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock. - * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its - * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for - * REPACK CONCURRENTLY. + * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the + * deadlock checking code. */ start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid); @@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap, LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock); /* - * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay. + * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no + * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a + * conflicting lock. Therefore, unset our flag. + */ + LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE); + MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK; + ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags; + LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock); + + /* + * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will + * stay. In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them + * to relation-level locks. We do this both for table and indexes. */ TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap); foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels) @@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid) /* * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned - * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock, - * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until - * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized. + * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the + * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this + * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the + * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker + * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized. */ ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv); for (;;) diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644 --- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c +++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c @@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc, proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM) blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc; + /* + * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some + * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail. That + * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and + * it would be inappropriate for any other process to + * cause that to fail. + */ + if (checkProc == MyProc && + proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK) + ereport(ERROR, + errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE), + errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"), + errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d", + MyProc->pid, proc->pid)); + /* We're done looking at this proclock */ break; } diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644 --- a/src/include/storage/proc.h +++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h @@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache #define PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS 0x20 /* this proc's xmin must be * included in vacuum horizons * in all databases */ +#define PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK 0x40 /* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */ -/* flags reset at EOXact */ +/* flags reset at EOXact. A bit of a misnomer ... */ #define PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \ - (PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND) + (PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \ + PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK) /* * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644 --- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile +++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress ISOLATION = basic \ inplace \ repack \ + repack_deadlock \ repack_toast \ syscache-update-pruned \ heap_lock_update diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a86e4767536 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Parsed test spec with 2 sessions + +starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1 +injection_points_attach +----------------------- + +(1 row) + +step wait_before_lock: + REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey; + <waiting ...> +step add_column: + alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text; + <waiting ...> +step add_column: <... completed> +ERROR: could not wait for concurrent REPACK +step wakeup_before_lock: + SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock'); + +injection_points_wakeup +----------------------- + +(1 row) + +step wait_before_lock: <... completed> +step check1: + INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node) + SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock'; + + SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes; + + SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j; + + INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j) + SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock; + + SELECT count(*) + FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j) + WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL; + +count +----- + 1 +(1 row) + +i|j +-+- +1|1 +2|2 +3|3 +4|4 +(4 rows) + +count +----- + 4 +(1 row) + +injection_points_detach +----------------------- + +(1 row) + diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644 --- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build +++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += { 'basic', 'inplace', 'repack', + 'repack_deadlock', 'repack_toast', 'syscache-update-pruned', 'heap_lock_update', diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock +setup +{ + CREATE EXTENSION injection_points; + + CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int); + INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4); + + CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid); + + CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int); + CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int); +} + +teardown +{ + DROP TABLE repack_deadlock; + DROP EXTENSION injection_points; + + DROP TABLE relfilenodes; + DROP TABLE data_s1; + DROP TABLE data_s2; +} + +session s1 +setup +{ + SELECT injection_points_set_local(); + SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait'); +} +# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes. +step wait_before_lock +{ + REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey; +} +# Check the table from the perspective of s1. +# +# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed. + +# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check +# if the outputs are identical. +step check1 +{ + INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node) + SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock'; + + SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes; + + SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j; + + INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j) + SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock; + + SELECT count(*) + FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j) + WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL; +} +teardown +{ + SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock'); +} + +session s2 +# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also +# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session +# can be found. +step add_column +{ + alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text; +} + +step wakeup_before_lock +{ + SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock'); +} + +# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK +# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table. +permutation + wait_before_lock + add_column + wakeup_before_lock + check1 -- 2.47.3 --gp2pyozrd5pweboh Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v52-0007-Check-for-transaction-block-early-in-ExecRepack.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 268+ messages in thread
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time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on 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time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2025-07-26 00:57 [PATCH v12 2/3] Use time stamp counter to measure time on Linux/x86 Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> 2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at>
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