summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/src/sampler.cc
blob: cc711123340544198e065d287471f9f919f89c55 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
// -*- Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
// Copyright (c) 2008, Google Inc.
// All rights reserved.
// 
// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
// met:
// 
//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
// distribution.
//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
// this software without specific prior written permission.
// 
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

// ---
// All Rights Reserved.
//
// Author: Daniel Ford

#include "sampler.h"

#include <algorithm>  // For min()
#include <math.h>
#include "base/commandlineflags.h"

using std::min;

// The approximate gap in bytes between sampling actions.
// I.e., we take one sample approximately once every
// tcmalloc_sample_parameter bytes of allocation
// i.e. about once every 512KB if value is 1<<19.
#ifdef NO_TCMALLOC_SAMPLES
DEFINE_int64(tcmalloc_sample_parameter, 0,
             "Unused: code is compiled with NO_TCMALLOC_SAMPLES");
#else
DEFINE_int64(tcmalloc_sample_parameter,
             EnvToInt64("TCMALLOC_SAMPLE_PARAMETER", 0),
             "The approximate gap in bytes between sampling actions. "
             "This must be between 1 and 2^58.");
#endif

namespace tcmalloc {

// Statics for Sampler
double Sampler::log_table_[1<<kFastlogNumBits];

// Populate the lookup table for FastLog2.
// This approximates the log2 curve with a step function.
// Steps have height equal to log2 of the mid-point of the step.
void Sampler::PopulateFastLog2Table() {
  for (int i = 0; i < (1<<kFastlogNumBits); i++) {
    log_table_[i] = (log(1.0 + static_cast<double>(i+0.5)/(1<<kFastlogNumBits))
                     / log(2.0));
  }
}

int Sampler::GetSamplePeriod() {
  return FLAGS_tcmalloc_sample_parameter;
}

// Run this before using your sampler
void Sampler::Init(uint32_t seed) {
  // Initialize PRNG
  if (seed != 0) {
    rnd_ = seed;
  } else {
    rnd_ = static_cast<uint32_t>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(this));
    if (rnd_ == 0) {
      rnd_ = 1;
    }
  }
  // Step it forward 20 times for good measure
  for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
    rnd_ = NextRandom(rnd_);
  }
  // Initialize counter
  bytes_until_sample_ = PickNextSamplingPoint();
}

// Initialize the Statics for the Sampler class
void Sampler::InitStatics() {
  PopulateFastLog2Table();
}

// Generates a geometric variable with the specified mean (512K by default).
// This is done by generating a random number between 0 and 1 and applying
// the inverse cumulative distribution function for an exponential.
// Specifically: Let m be the inverse of the sample period, then
// the probability distribution function is m*exp(-mx) so the CDF is
// p = 1 - exp(-mx), so
// q = 1 - p = exp(-mx)
// log_e(q) = -mx
// -log_e(q)/m = x
// log_2(q) * (-log_e(2) * 1/m) = x
// In the code, q is actually in the range 1 to 2**26, hence the -26 below
size_t Sampler::PickNextSamplingPoint() {
  rnd_ = NextRandom(rnd_);
  // Take the top 26 bits as the random number
  // (This plus the 1<<58 sampling bound give a max possible step of
  // 5194297183973780480 bytes.)
  const uint64_t prng_mod_power = 48;  // Number of bits in prng
  // The uint32_t cast is to prevent a (hard-to-reproduce) NAN
  // under piii debug for some binaries.
  double q = static_cast<uint32_t>(rnd_ >> (prng_mod_power - 26)) + 1.0;
  // Put the computed p-value through the CDF of a geometric.
  // For faster performance (save ~1/20th exec time), replace
  // min(0.0, FastLog2(q) - 26)  by  (Fastlog2(q) - 26.000705)
  // The value 26.000705 is used rather than 26 to compensate
  // for inaccuracies in FastLog2 which otherwise result in a
  // negative answer.
  return static_cast<size_t>(min(0.0, (FastLog2(q) - 26)) * (-log(2.0)
                             * FLAGS_tcmalloc_sample_parameter) + 1);
}

}  // namespace tcmalloc