/* -*- mode: C++; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
* This file is a part of LEMON, a generic C++ optimization library.
* Copyright (C) 2003-2008
* Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
* (Egervary Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization, EGRES).
* Permission to use, modify and distribute this software is granted
* provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies. For
* precise terms see the accompanying LICENSE file.
* This software is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
* express or implied, and with no claim as to its suitability for any
#ifndef LEMON_TIME_MEASURE_H
#define LEMON_TIME_MEASURE_H
///\brief Tools for measuring cpu usage
#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
/// \addtogroup timecount
/// A class to store (cpu)time instances.
/// This class stores five time values.
/// - a user cpu time of children
/// - a system cpu time of children
/// TimeStamp's can be added to or substracted from each other and
/// they can be pushed to a stream.
/// In most cases, perhaps the \ref Timer or the \ref TimeReport
/// class is what you want to use instead.
utime = stime = cutime = cstime = rtime = 0;
///Read the current time values of the process
rtime=tv.tv_sec+double(tv.tv_usec)/1e6;
double tck=sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
cutime=ts.tms_cutime/tck;
cstime=ts.tms_cstime/tck;
static const double ch = 4294967296.0e-7;
static const double cl = 1.0e-7;
GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&system);
rtime = ch * system.dwHighDateTime + cl * system.dwLowDateTime;
FILETIME create, exit, kernel, user;
if (GetProcessTimes(GetCurrentProcess(),&create, &exit, &kernel, &user)) {
utime = ch * user.dwHighDateTime + cl * user.dwLowDateTime;
stime = ch * kernel.dwHighDateTime + cl * kernel.dwLowDateTime;
/// Constructor initializing with zero
///Constructor initializing with the current time values of the process
TimeStamp(void *) { stamp();}
///Set every time value to zero
TimeStamp &reset() {_reset();return *this;}
TimeStamp &operator+=(const TimeStamp &b)
TimeStamp operator+(const TimeStamp &b) const
TimeStamp &operator-=(const TimeStamp &b)
TimeStamp operator-(const TimeStamp &b) const
TimeStamp &operator*=(double b)
TimeStamp operator*(double b) const
friend TimeStamp operator*(double b,const TimeStamp &t);
TimeStamp &operator/=(double b)
TimeStamp operator/(double b) const
///The time ellapsed since the last call of stamp()
TimeStamp ellapsed() const
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,const TimeStamp &t);
///Gives back the user time of the process
///Gives back the system time of the process
double systemTime() const
///Gives back the user time of the process' children
///\note On <tt>WIN32</tt> platform this value is not calculated.
///Gives back the user time of the process' children
///\note On <tt>WIN32</tt> platform this value is not calculated.
double cSystemTime() const
///Gives back the real time
double realTime() const {return rtime;}
TimeStamp operator*(double b,const TimeStamp &t)
///Prints the time counters
///Prints the time counters in the following form:
/// <tt>u: XX.XXs s: XX.XXs cu: XX.XXs cs: XX.XXs real: XX.XXs</tt>
/// where the values are the
/// \li \c u: user cpu time,
/// \li \c s: system cpu time,
/// \li \c cu: user cpu time of children,
/// \li \c cs: system cpu time of children,
/// \li \c real: real time.
/// \note On <tt>WIN32</tt> platform the cummulative values are not
inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,const TimeStamp &t)
os << "u: " << t.userTime() <<
"s, s: " << t.systemTime() <<
"s, cu: " << t.cUserTime() <<
"s, cs: " << t.cSystemTime() <<
"s, real: " << t.realTime() << "s";
///Class for measuring the cpu time and real time usage of the process
///Class for measuring the cpu time and real time usage of the process.
///It is quite easy-to-use, here is a short example.
/// #include<lemon/time_measure.h>
/// std::cout << t << '\n';
/// std::cout << t << '\n';
///The \ref Timer can also be \ref stop() "stopped" and
///\ref start() "started" again, so it is possible to compute collected
///\warning Depending on the operation system and its actual configuration
///the time counters have a certain (10ms on a typical Linux system)
///Therefore this tool is not appropriate to measure very short times.
///Also, if you start and stop the timer very frequently, it could lead to
///\note If you want to measure the running time of the execution of a certain
///function, consider the usage of \ref TimeReport instead.
int _running; //Timer is running iff _running>0; (_running>=0 always holds)
TimeStamp start_time; //This is the relativ start-time if the timer
//is _running, the collected _running time otherwise.
void _reset() {if(_running) start_time.stamp(); else start_time.reset();}
///\param run indicates whether or not the timer starts immediately.
Timer(bool run=true) :_running(run) {_reset();}
///\name Control the state of the timer
///Basically a Timer can be either running or stopped,
///but it provides a bit finer control on the execution.
///The \ref lemon::Timer "Timer" also counts the number of
///\ref lemon::Timer::start() "start()" executions, and it stops
///only after the same amount (or more) \ref lemon::Timer::stop()
///"stop()"s. This can be useful e.g. to compute the running time
///of recursive functions.
///Reset and stop the time counters
///This function resets and stops the time counters
///Start the time counters
///This function starts the time counters.
///If the timer is started more than ones, it will remain running
///until the same amount of \ref stop() is called.
///Stop the time counters
///This function stops the time counters. If start() was executed more than
///once, then the same number of stop() execution is necessary the really
if(_running && !--_running) {
///Halt (i.e stop immediately) the time counters
///This function stops immediately the time counters, i.e. <tt>t.halt()</tt>
///equivalent of the following.
/// while(t.running()) t.stop()
///Returns the running state of the timer
///This function returns the number of stop() exections that is
///necessary to really stop the timer.
///is running if and only if the return value is \c true
int running() { return _running; }
///Restart the time counters
///This function is a shorthand for
///a reset() and a start() calls.
///\name Query Functions for the ellapsed time
///Gives back the ellapsed user time of the process
return operator TimeStamp().userTime();
///Gives back the ellapsed system time of the process
double systemTime() const
return operator TimeStamp().systemTime();
///Gives back the ellapsed user time of the process' children
///\note On <tt>WIN32</tt> platform this value is not calculated.
return operator TimeStamp().cUserTime();
///Gives back the ellapsed user time of the process' children
///\note On <tt>WIN32</tt> platform this value is not calculated.
double cSystemTime() const
return operator TimeStamp().cSystemTime();
///Gives back the ellapsed real time
return operator TimeStamp().realTime();
///Computes the ellapsed time
///This conversion computes the ellapsed time, therefore you can print
///the ellapsed time like this.
/// std::cout << t << '\n';
operator TimeStamp () const
return _running?t-start_time:start_time;
///Same as Timer but prints a report on destruction.
///Same as \ref Timer but prints a report on destruction.
///This example shows its usage.
/// void myAlg(ListGraph &g,int n)
/// TimeReport tr("Running time of myAlg: ");
/// ... //Here comes the algorithm
class TimeReport : public Timer
///\param title This text will be printed before the ellapsed time.
///\param os The stream to print the report to.
///\param run Sets whether the timer should start immediately.
TimeReport(std::string title,std::ostream &os=std::cerr,bool run=true)
: Timer(run), _title(title), _os(os){}
///Destructor that prints the ellapsed time
_os << _title << *this << std::endl;
///'Do nothing' version of TimeReport
NoTimeReport(std::string,std::ostream &,bool) {}
NoTimeReport(std::string,std::ostream &) {}
NoTimeReport(std::string) {}
operator TimeStamp () const { return TimeStamp(); }
int running() { return 0; }
double userTime() const { return 0; }
double systemTime() const { return 0; }
double cUserTime() const { return 0; }
double cSystemTime() const { return 0; }
double realTime() const { return 0; }
///Tool to measure the running time more exactly.
///This function calls \c f several times and returns the average
///running time. The number of the executions will be choosen in such a way
///that the full real running time will be roughly between \c min_time
///and <tt>2*min_time</tt>.
///\param f the function object to be measured.
///\param min_time the minimum total running time.
///\retval num if it is not \c NULL, then the actual
/// number of execution of \c f will be written into <tt>*num</tt>.
///\retval full_time if it is not \c NULL, then the actual
/// total running time will be written into <tt>*full_time</tt>.
///\return The average running time of \c f.
TimeStamp runningTimeTest(F f,double min_time=10,unsigned int *num = NULL,
TimeStamp *full_time=NULL)
for(unsigned int tn=1;tn <= 1U<<31 && full.realTime()<=min_time; tn*=2) {
for(;total<tn;total++) f();
if(full_time) *full_time=full;
#endif //LEMON_TIME_MEASURE_H