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