lemon/time_measure.h
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     1 /* -*- C++ -*-
     2  * lemon/time_measure.h - Part of LEMON, a generic C++ optimization library
     3  *
     4  * Copyright (C) 2005 Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
     5  * (Egervary Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization, EGRES).
     6  *
     7  * Permission to use, modify and distribute this software is granted
     8  * provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies. For
     9  * precise terms see the accompanying LICENSE file.
    10  *
    11  * This software is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
    12  * express or implied, and with no claim as to its suitability for any
    13  * purpose.
    14  *
    15  */
    16 
    17 #ifndef LEMON_TIME_MEASURE_H
    18 #define LEMON_TIME_MEASURE_H
    19 
    20 ///\ingroup misc
    21 ///\file
    22 ///\brief Tools for measuring cpu usage
    23 
    24 #include <sys/time.h>
    25 #include <sys/times.h>
    26 #include <fstream>
    27 #include <iostream>
    28 #include <unistd.h>
    29 
    30 namespace lemon {
    31 
    32   /// \addtogroup misc
    33   /// @{
    34 
    35   /// A class to store (cpu)time instances.
    36 
    37   /// This class stores five time values.
    38   /// - a real time
    39   /// - a user cpu time
    40   /// - a system cpu time
    41   /// - a user cpu time of children
    42   /// - a system cpu time of children
    43   ///
    44   /// TimeStamp's can be added to or substracted from each other and
    45   /// they can be pushed to a stream.
    46   ///
    47   /// In most cases, perhaps \ref Timer class is what you want to use instead.
    48   ///
    49   ///\author Alpar Juttner
    50 
    51   class TimeStamp
    52   {
    53     struct rtms 
    54     {
    55       double tms_utime;
    56       double tms_stime;
    57       double tms_cutime;
    58       double tms_cstime;
    59       rtms() {}
    60       rtms(tms ts) : tms_utime(ts.tms_utime), tms_stime(ts.tms_stime),
    61 		     tms_cutime(ts.tms_cutime), tms_cstime(ts.tms_cstime) {}
    62     };
    63     rtms ts;
    64     double real_time;
    65   
    66     rtms &getTms() {return ts;}
    67     const rtms &getTms() const {return ts;}
    68 
    69     void _reset() 
    70     { ts.tms_utime=ts.tms_stime=ts.tms_cutime=ts.tms_cstime=0; real_time=0;}
    71 
    72   public:
    73 
    74     ///Read the current time values of the process
    75     void stamp()
    76     {
    77       timeval tv;
    78       tms _ts;
    79       times(&_ts);
    80       gettimeofday(&tv, 0);real_time=tv.tv_sec+double(tv.tv_usec)/1e6;
    81       ts=_ts;
    82     }
    83   
    84     /// Constructor initializing with zero
    85     TimeStamp()
    86     { _reset(); }
    87     ///Constructor initializing with the current time values of the process
    88     TimeStamp(void *) { stamp();}
    89   
    90     ///Set every time value to zero
    91     TimeStamp &reset() {_reset();return *this;}
    92 
    93     ///\e
    94     TimeStamp &operator+=(const TimeStamp &b)
    95     {
    96       ts.tms_utime+=b.ts.tms_utime;
    97       ts.tms_stime+=b.ts.tms_stime;
    98       ts.tms_cutime+=b.ts.tms_cutime;
    99       ts.tms_cstime+=b.ts.tms_cstime;
   100       real_time+=b.real_time;
   101       return *this;
   102     }
   103     ///\e
   104     TimeStamp operator+(const TimeStamp &b) const
   105     {
   106       TimeStamp t(*this);
   107       return t+=b;
   108     }
   109     ///\e
   110     TimeStamp &operator-=(const TimeStamp &b)
   111     {
   112       ts.tms_utime-=b.ts.tms_utime;
   113       ts.tms_stime-=b.ts.tms_stime;
   114       ts.tms_cutime-=b.ts.tms_cutime;
   115       ts.tms_cstime-=b.ts.tms_cstime;
   116       real_time-=b.real_time;
   117       return *this;
   118     }
   119     ///\e
   120     TimeStamp operator-(const TimeStamp &b) const
   121     {
   122       TimeStamp t(*this);
   123       return t-=b;
   124     }
   125     ///\e
   126     TimeStamp &operator*=(double b)
   127     {
   128       ts.tms_utime*=b;
   129       ts.tms_stime*=b;
   130       ts.tms_cutime*=b;
   131       ts.tms_cstime*=b;
   132       real_time*=b;
   133       return *this;
   134     }
   135     ///\e
   136     TimeStamp operator*(double b) const
   137     {
   138       TimeStamp t(*this);
   139       return t*=b;
   140     }
   141     friend TimeStamp operator*(double b,const TimeStamp &t);
   142     ///\e
   143     TimeStamp &operator/=(double b)
   144     {
   145       ts.tms_utime/=b;
   146       ts.tms_stime/=b;
   147       ts.tms_cutime/=b;
   148       ts.tms_cstime/=b;
   149       real_time/=b;
   150       return *this;
   151     }
   152     ///\e
   153     TimeStamp operator/(double b) const
   154     {
   155       TimeStamp t(*this);
   156       return t/=b;
   157     }
   158     ///The time ellapsed since the last call of stamp()
   159     TimeStamp ellapsed() const
   160     {
   161       TimeStamp t(NULL);
   162       return t-*this;
   163     }
   164   
   165     friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,const TimeStamp &t);
   166   
   167     ///Gives back the user time of the process
   168     double userTime() const
   169     {
   170       return double(ts.tms_utime)/sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
   171     }
   172     ///Gives back the system time of the process
   173     double systemTime() const
   174     {
   175       return double(ts.tms_stime)/sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
   176     }
   177     ///Gives back the user time of the process' children
   178     double cUserTime() const
   179     {
   180       return double(ts.tms_cutime)/sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
   181     }
   182     ///Gives back the user time of the process' children
   183     double cSystemTime() const
   184     {
   185       return double(ts.tms_cstime)/sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
   186     }
   187     ///Gives back the real time
   188     double realTime() const {return real_time;}
   189   };
   190 
   191   TimeStamp operator*(double b,const TimeStamp &t) 
   192   {
   193     return t*b;
   194   }
   195   
   196   ///Class for measuring the cpu time and real time usage of the process
   197 
   198   ///Class for measuring the cpu time and real time usage of the process.
   199   ///It is quite easy-to-use, here is a short example.
   200   ///\code
   201   ///#include<lemon/time_measure.h>
   202   ///#include<iostream>
   203   ///
   204   ///int main()
   205   ///{
   206   ///
   207   ///  ...
   208   ///
   209   ///  Timer T;
   210   ///  doSomething();
   211   ///  std::cout << T << '\n';
   212   ///  T.reset();
   213   ///  doSomethingElse();
   214   ///  std::cout << T << '\n';
   215   ///
   216   ///  ...
   217   ///
   218   ///}
   219   ///\endcode
   220   ///
   221   ///The \ref Timer can also be \ref stop() "stopped" and
   222   ///\ref start() "started" again, so it is easy to compute collected
   223   ///running times.
   224   ///
   225   ///\warning Depending on the operation system and its actual configuration
   226   ///the time counters have a certain (relatively big) granularity.
   227   ///Therefore this tool is not appropriate to measure very short times.
   228   ///Also, if you start and stop the timer very frequently, it could lead
   229   ///distorted results.
   230   ///
   231   ///The \ref Timer also counts the number of \ref start()
   232   ///executions, and is stops only after the same amount (or more)
   233   ///\ref stop() "stop()"s. This can be useful e.g. to compute the running time
   234   ///of recursive functions.
   235   ///
   236   ///\todo This shouldn't be Unix (Linux) specific.
   237   ///
   238   ///\author Alpar Juttner
   239   class Timer
   240   {
   241     int running; //Timer is running iff running>0; (running>=0 always holds)
   242     TimeStamp start_time; //This is the relativ start-time if the timer
   243                           //is running, the collected running time otherwise.
   244     
   245     void _reset() {if(running) start_time.stamp(); else start_time.reset();}
   246   
   247   public: 
   248     ///Constructor.
   249 
   250     ///\param _running indicates whether or not the timer starts immediately.
   251     ///
   252     Timer(bool _running=true) :running(_running) {_reset();}
   253 
   254     ///Computes the ellapsed time
   255 
   256     ///This conversion computes the ellapsed time
   257     ///
   258     operator TimeStamp () const
   259     {
   260       TimeStamp t;
   261       t.stamp();
   262       return running?t-start_time:start_time;
   263     }
   264 
   265     ///Resets the time counters
   266 
   267     ///Resets the time counters
   268     ///
   269     void reset()
   270     {
   271       _reset();
   272     }
   273 
   274     ///Start the time counters
   275     
   276     ///This function starts the time counters.
   277     ///
   278     ///If the timer is started more than ones, it will remain running
   279     ///until the same amount of \ref stop() is called.
   280     ///\sa stop()
   281     void start() 
   282     {
   283       if(running) running++;
   284       else {
   285 	TimeStamp t;
   286 	t.stamp();
   287 	start_time=t-start_time;
   288       }
   289     }
   290     
   291     ///Stop the time counters
   292 
   293     ///This function stops the time counters.
   294     ///
   295     ///\sa stop()
   296     void stop() 
   297     {
   298       if(running && !--running) {
   299 	TimeStamp t;
   300 	t.stamp();
   301 	start_time=t-start_time;
   302       }
   303     }
   304     
   305     ///Gives back the ellapsed user time of the process
   306     double userTime() const
   307     {
   308       return operator TimeStamp().userTime();
   309     }
   310     ///Gives back the ellapsed system time of the process
   311     double systemTime() const
   312     {
   313       return operator TimeStamp().systemTime();
   314     }
   315     ///Gives back the ellapsed user time of the process' children
   316     double cUserTime() const
   317     {
   318       return operator TimeStamp().cUserTime();
   319     }
   320     ///Gives back the ellapsed user time of the process' children
   321     double cSystemTime() const
   322     {
   323       return operator TimeStamp().cSystemTime();
   324     }
   325     ///Gives back the ellapsed real time
   326     double realTime() const
   327     {
   328       return operator TimeStamp().realTime();
   329     }
   330 
   331   };
   332 
   333   ///Prints the time counters
   334 
   335   ///Prints the time counters in the following form:
   336   ///
   337   /// <tt>u: XX.XXs s: XX.XXs cu: XX.XXs cs: XX.XXs real: XX.XXs</tt>
   338   ///
   339   /// where the values are the
   340   /// \li \c u: user cpu time,
   341   /// \li \c s: system cpu time,
   342   /// \li \c cu: user cpu time of children,
   343   /// \li \c cs: system cpu time of children,
   344   /// \li \c real: real time.
   345   /// \relates TimeStamp
   346   inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,const TimeStamp &t)
   347   {
   348     long cls = sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
   349     os << "u: " << double(t.getTms().tms_utime)/cls <<
   350       "s, s: " << double(t.getTms().tms_stime)/cls <<
   351       "s, cu: " << double(t.getTms().tms_cutime)/cls <<
   352       "s, cs: " << double(t.getTms().tms_cstime)/cls <<
   353       "s, real: " << t.realTime() << "s";
   354     return os;
   355   }
   356 
   357   
   358   ///Tool to measure the running time more exactly.
   359   
   360   ///This function calls \c f several times and returns the average
   361   ///running time. The number of the executions will be choosen in such a way
   362   ///that the full real running time will be roughly between \c min_time
   363   ///and <tt>2*min_time</tt>.
   364   ///\param f the function object to be measured.
   365   ///\param min_time the minimum total running time.
   366   ///\retval num if it is not \c NULL, then *num will contain the actual
   367   ///        number of execution of \c f.
   368   ///\retval full_time if it is not \c NULL, then *full_time
   369   ///        will contain the actual
   370   ///        total running time.
   371   ///\return The average running time of \c f.
   372   
   373   template<class F>
   374   TimeStamp runningTimeTest(F &f,double min_time=10,int *num = NULL,
   375 			TimeStamp *full_time=NULL)
   376   {
   377     Timer t;
   378     TimeStamp full;
   379     int total=0;
   380     for(int tn=1;tn < 1<<24; tn*=2) {
   381       for(;total<tn;total++) f();
   382       full=t;
   383       if(full.realTime()>min_time) {
   384 	if(num) *num=total;
   385 	if(full_time) *full_time=full;
   386       return full/total;
   387       }
   388     }
   389     return TimeStamp();
   390   }
   391   
   392   /// @}  
   393 
   394 
   395 } //namespace lemon
   396 
   397 #endif //LEMON_TIME_MEASURE_H