Allow comparison between runs as well as between pv versions, with auto selection the default; add an option to only show the final line of each comparison so only the latest is shown; and add an option for a terse analysis format.

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Andrew Wood
2026-05-30 23:22:42 +01:00
parent 703cf06b7e
commit ecfe1f72e3
+128 -48
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@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ pv='pv' # pv executable to run the measurements with
rounds='10' # how many rounds of measurements to take
testFileMB='256' # max size of each of the test files, in MiB
testZeroesMB='1024' # amount of /dev/zero data to use, in MiB
compareWhat='auto' # what to compare in the analysis
finalLineOnly='false' # whether to only show the last measurement's analysis
terseFormat='false' # whether to use a terse report format
# Script information for --help and --version.
programName='benchmark-pv-transfers'
@@ -331,37 +334,50 @@ FNR>1 {
}
# Read a stream of benchmark data on stdin containing runs from a single
# system, and report how the measurements changed across the different PV
# versions.
compareVersionResults () {
# system, and report how the measurements changed across $1 - either "runs"
# for benchmark runs, or "versions" for PV versions.
compareResults () {
comparisonSelector="$1"
cat > "${workDir}/raw-system-data"
# List the measurement IDs in the order they appear in the data.
awk -F "\t" '$4=="σ"{print $5}' < "${workDir}/raw-system-data" > "${workDir}/measurement-ids"
# List all PV versions for which any data is available.
awk -F "\t" '$4=="PV version"{print $2,$5}' "${workDir}/raw-system-data" | sort -nu > "${workDir}/pv-versions"
case "${comparisonSelector}" in
'versions')
# List all PV versions for which any data is available.
awk -F "\t" '$4=="PV version"{print $2,$5}' "${workDir}/raw-system-data" | sort -nu > "${workDir}/comparison-items"
itemHeading='Version'
itemField=2
;;
'runs')
# List all runs.
awk -F "\t" '$4=="σ"{print $3,$3}' "${workDir}/raw-system-data" | sort -nu > "${workDir}/comparison-items"
itemHeading='Run'
itemField=3
;;
esac
# Report on each measurement type in turn.
true > "${workDir}/measurement-ids-seen"
{
measurementsCounter=0
while read -r measurementId; do
# Skip if this measurement was already processed.
grep -Fqx "${measurementId}" "${workDir}/measurement-ids-seen" && continue
printf '%s\n' "${measurementId}" >> "${workDir}/measurement-ids-seen"
# Collect this measurement's mean and standard deviation
# records for each PV version. If there's more than one for
# a single version, average them.
# TODO: split out collection into a separate function for re-use later
# records for each distinct item (version or run). If
# there's more than one for a single item, average them.
{
while read -r pvId pvVersion; do
while read -r itemId itemName; do
awk -F "\t" \
-v "pvId=${pvId}" -v "outPrefix=${pvVersion}" \
-v "itemField=${itemField}" -v "itemId=${itemId}" -v "itemName=${itemName}" \
-v "mId=${measurementId}" \
-v "fieldcount=${fieldsPerRecord}" \
'BEGIN {samples=0}
$2==pvId && $5==mId && $4=="μ" { samples++; for (field=1; field<=fieldcount; field++) { mean[field] += $(5+field) } }
$2==pvId && $5==mId && $4=="σ" { for (field=1; field<=fieldcount; field++) { stddev[field] += $(5+field) } }
$itemField==itemId && $5==mId && $4=="μ" { samples++; for (field=1; field<=fieldcount; field++) { mean[field] += $(5+field) } }
$itemField==itemId && $5==mId && $4=="σ" { for (field=1; field<=fieldcount; field++) { stddev[field] += $(5+field) } }
END {
if (samples > 0) {
printf "%s", outPrefix
printf "%s", itemName
for (field=1; field<=fieldcount; field++) {
printf "\t%.3f\t%.3f", mean[field]/samples, stddev[field]/samples
}
@@ -370,34 +386,22 @@ END {
}' \
< "${workDir}/raw-system-data"
done
} < "${workDir}/pv-versions" > "${workDir}/measurements-per-version"
# If there are not at least 2 PV versions for which this
} < "${workDir}/comparison-items" > "${workDir}/measurements-per-item"
# If there are not at least 2 items for which this
# measurement was available, report nothing as no comparison
# can be made.
test "$(grep -c . "${workDir}/measurements-per-version")" -lt 2 && continue
test "$(grep -c . "${workDir}/measurements-per-item")" -lt 2 && continue
# Show the measurement name and associated command.
# Take the measurement name from the input data.
measurementName="$(awk -F "\t" -v "mId=${measurementId}" '$4=="σ" && $5==mId {print $NF;exit}' "${workDir}/raw-system-data")"
# Take the command from the definitions.
templateCommand="$(printf '%s\n' "${measurementDefinitions}" | awk -F '!' -v "mId=${measurementId}" '$1==mId {print $5}')"
printf '\n%s\n' "${measurementName}"
test -n "${templateCommand}" && printf ' (%s)\n' "${templateCommand}"
# Report each version's measurements and how they compare to
# the previous version.
#
# Since the column widths are set by an awk script which
# doesn't support UTF-8, ASCII headings are used initially,
# and adjusted after formatting.
{
printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n' \
'PV' \
'M:Rate' 'S:Rate' 'C:Rate' \
'-' \
'M:tReal' 'S:tReal' 'C:tReal' \
'-' \
'M:tUser' 'S:tUser' 'C:tUser' \
'-' \
'M:tSys' 'S:tSys' 'C:tSys'
if ! ${terseFormat}; then
# Take the command from the definitions.
templateCommand="$(printf '%s\n' "${measurementDefinitions}" | awk -F '!' -v "mId=${measurementId}" '$1==mId {print $5}')"
printf '\n%s\n' "${measurementName}"
test -n "${templateCommand}" && printf ' (%s)\n' "${templateCommand}"
fi
# Report each item's measurements and how they compare to
# the previous item.
awk -F "\t" -v "fieldcount=${fieldsPerRecord}" \
'{
printf "%s", $1
@@ -433,20 +437,80 @@ END {
pstddev[field]=stddev;
}
printf "\n"
}' "${workDir}/measurements-per-version"
}' \
< "${workDir}/measurements-per-item" \
> "${workDir}/item-report"
# Leave only the last line if finalLineOnly is set.
${finalLineOnly} && sed -i -n '$p' "${workDir}/item-report"
# In terse mode, prefix each line with the measurement name,
# having replaced spaces in it with underscores.
if ${terseFormat}; then
showName="$(printf '%s\n' "${measurementName}" | tr ' ' '_')"
sed -i "s!^!${showName}\t!" "${workDir}/item-report"
fi
# Format the report.
# Since the column widths are set by an awk script which
# doesn't support UTF-8, ASCII headings are used initially,
# and adjusted after formatting.
measurementsCounter=$((1+measurementsCounter))
{
# In terse mode, only print one header per system.
if test ${measurementsCounter} -eq 1 || ! ${terseFormat}; then
printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n' \
"${itemHeading}" \
'M:Rate' 'S:Rate' 'C:Rate' \
'-' \
'M:tReal' 'S:tReal' 'C:tReal' \
'-' \
'M:tUser' 'S:tUser' 'C:tUser' \
'-' \
'M:tSys' 'S:tSys' 'C:tSys' \
| {
if ${terseFormat}; then
sed "s!^!Measurement\t!"
else
cat
fi
}
fi
cat "${workDir}/item-report"
} \
| lineUpColumns \
| sed '1{s,M:,μ:,g;s,S:,σ:,g;s,C:,±:,g}'
> "${workDir}/item-report-with-heading"
if ${terseFormat}; then
cat "${workDir}/item-report-with-heading"
else
lineUpColumns < "${workDir}/item-report-with-heading" \
| sed '1{s,M:,μ:,g;s,S:,σ:,g;s,C:,±:,g}'
fi
done
} < "${workDir}/measurement-ids"
} < "${workDir}/measurement-ids" \
> "${workDir}/measurements-report"
if "${terseFormat}"; then
lineUpColumns < "${workDir}/measurements-report" \
| sed '1{s,M:,μ:,g;s,S:,σ:,g;s,C:,±:,g}'
else
cat "${workDir}/measurements-report"
fi
}
# Read a stream of benchmark data from stdin containing one or more runs
# from one or more systems and multiple PV versions, and for each individual
# system, report how the measurements changed across the different PV
# versions.
runVersionComparisons () {
# from one or more systems, and for each individual system, report how the
# measurements changed across either the different PV versions or between
# runs, depending on whether $1 is "versions" or "runs".
#
# If $1 is "auto", then it will be "versions" if data for more than one PV
# version is present, otherwise it will be "runs".
runAnalysis () {
analysisSelector="$1"
cat > "${workDir}/raw-data"
# Auto-detect what to analyse.
if test "${analysisSelector}" = 'auto'; then
if test "$(awk -F "\t" '$4=="σ"{print $2}' < "${workDir}/raw-data" | sort -u | grep -c .)" -gt 1; then
analysisSelector='versions'
else
analysisSelector='runs'
fi
fi
# List the system IDs in the order they appear in the data.
awk -F "\t" '{print $1}' < "${workDir}/raw-data" | uniq > "${workDir}/sysids"
# Report on each system in turn.
@@ -466,14 +530,14 @@ runVersionComparisons () {
"$(awk -F "\t" '$4=="System OS"{print $5;exit}' "${workDir}/system-data")" \
"$(awk -F "\t" '$4=="System kernel type"{print $5;exit}' "${workDir}/system-data")" \
"$(awk -F "\t" '$4=="System kernel release"{print $5;exit}' "${workDir}/system-data")"
cat <<EOF
${terseFormat} || cat <<EOF
For each measurement type, each of its aggregate benchmark results are
shown. Each field's mean and standard deviation are displayed along with a
change indicator showing how different this line's value is from the
previous line.
EOF
compareVersionResults < "${workDir}/system-data"
compareResults "${analysisSelector}" < "${workDir}/system-data"
done
} < "${workDir}/sysids"
}
@@ -498,7 +562,7 @@ Actions:
measurements - list all benchmark measurement definitions
benchmark - take several rounds of measurements
analyse - analyse benchmark data on stdin from multiple pv versions
analyse - analyse benchmark data on stdin from multiple runs
Options:
@@ -508,6 +572,10 @@ Options:
-s, --size SIZE attempt to use a test file of SIZE MiB (${testFileMB})
-z, --zeroes SIZE stop at SIZE MiB for /dev/zero measurements (${testZeroesMB})
-c, --compare WHAT analyse differences in runs, versions, or auto (${compareWhat})
-f, --final show only the final item's line in each measurement analysis
-t, --terse produce a terser report
-h, --help show this help
-V, --version show script version
@@ -537,11 +605,23 @@ EOF
'--size='*) testFileMB="${arg#*=}" ;;
'-z'|'--zeroes') testZeroesMB="$1"; test $# -gt 0 && shift ;;
'--zeroes='*) testZeroesMB="${arg#*=}" ;;
'-c'|'--compare') compareWhat="$1"; test $# -gt 0 && shift ;;
'--compare='*) compareWhat="${arg#*=}" ;;
'-f'|'--final') finalLineOnly='true' ;;
'-t'|'--terse') terseFormat='true' ;;
'-'*) die "${arg}: unknown option - try \`--help'" ;;
*) die "${arg}: unexpected argument - try \`--help'" ;;
esac
done
# Check validity of compareWhat, and normalise it.
case "${compareWhat}" in
'runs'|'run') compareWhat='runs' ;;
'versions'|'version') compareWhat='versions' ;;
'auto') ;;
*) die "--compare: ${compareWhat}: invalid value" ;;
esac
# Use /dev/shm for workspace if possible, to eliminate disk I/O as a factor.
if test -z "${TMPDIR}" && test -d '/dev/shm' && mountpoint -q '/dev/shm'; then
TMPDIR='/dev/shm'
@@ -564,5 +644,5 @@ defineMeasurements
case "${action}" in
'measurements') showMeasurementDefinitions ;;
'benchmark') runBenchmarks "${pv}" "${restrictMeasurementIdList}" ;;
'analyse') runVersionComparisons ;;
'analyse') runAnalysis "${compareWhat}" ;;
esac