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Split gpu_submit into sub-stage timings (bench only)
a73x 2026-04-17 19:31
drawCells takes an optional SubmitTiming out-param populated with wait_fences / acquire / record / submit / present micros. Callers that don't care pass null; overhead when null is one branch and nothing else. Main loop forwards the split into FrameTiming when WAYSTTY_BENCH=1 and, if WAYSTTY_BENCH_CSV=<path> is set, dumps per-frame timings as CSV for post-mortem inspection. Used this to attribute gpu_submit outliers: 7 of top 10 spikes are pure waitForFences time (previous frame's GPU not yet done), max 922us on a single frame; one rare spike (182us) is inside queueSubmit itself. Both paths are driver/compositor scheduling variance, not code issues. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
diff --git a/src/bench_stats.zig b/src/bench_stats.zig index 457ee79..0aa45f3 100644 --- a/src/bench_stats.zig +++ b/src/bench_stats.zig @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ pub const FrameTiming = struct { atlas_upload_us: u32 = 0, instance_upload_us: u32 = 0, gpu_submit_us: u32 = 0, // Sub-timings inside gpu_submit (drawCells). Sum roughly equals // gpu_submit_us modulo per-call timer overhead. wait_fences_us: u32 = 0, acquire_us: u32 = 0, record_us: u32 = 0, submit_us: u32 = 0, present_us: u32 = 0, pub fn total(self: FrameTiming) u32 { return self.snapshot_us + @@ -112,6 +119,35 @@ pub fn computeFrameStats(ring: *const FrameTimingRing) FrameTimingStats { }; } /// Dump per-frame timings as CSV when WAYSTTY_BENCH_CSV points to a path. /// Columns: frame,snapshot_us,row_rebuild_us,atlas_upload_us,instance_upload_us,gpu_submit_us,total_us pub fn writeFrameCsv(path: []const u8, ring: *const FrameTimingRing) !void { var ordered_buf: [FrameTimingRing.capacity]FrameTiming = undefined; const entries = ring.orderedSlice(&ordered_buf); const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(path, .{}); defer file.close(); var buf: [512]u8 = undefined; _ = try file.write("frame,snapshot_us,row_rebuild_us,atlas_upload_us,instance_upload_us,gpu_submit_us,wait_fences_us,acquire_us,record_us,submit_us,present_us,total_us\n"); for (entries, 0..) |e, i| { const line = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{d},{d},{d},{d},{d},{d},{d},{d},{d},{d},{d},{d}\n", .{ i, e.snapshot_us, e.row_rebuild_us, e.atlas_upload_us, e.instance_upload_us, e.gpu_submit_us, e.wait_fences_us, e.acquire_us, e.record_us, e.submit_us, e.present_us, e.total(), }); _ = try file.write(line); } } pub fn printFrameStats(stats: FrameTimingStats) void { const row_fmt = "{s:<20}{d:>6}{d:>6}{d:>6}{d:>6}\n"; std.debug.print("\n=== waystty frame timing ({d} frames) ===\n", .{stats.frame_count}); diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig index 005e784..cea6884 100644 --- a/src/main.zig +++ b/src/main.zig @@ -669,11 +669,13 @@ fn runTerminal(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void { section_timer = std.time.Timer.start() catch unreachable; const baseline_coverage = renderer.coverageVariantParams(.baseline); var submit_timing: renderer.Context.SubmitTiming = .{}; ctx.drawCells( render_cache.total_instance_count, .{ @floatFromInt(cell_w), @floatFromInt(cell_h) }, default_bg, baseline_coverage, if (is_bench) &submit_timing else null, ) catch |err| switch (err) { error.OutOfDateKHR => { _ = try ctx.vkd.deviceWaitIdle(ctx.device); @@ -687,6 +689,11 @@ fn runTerminal(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void { else => return err, }; frame_timing.gpu_submit_us = usFromTimer(§ion_timer); frame_timing.wait_fences_us = submit_timing.wait_fences_us; frame_timing.acquire_us = submit_timing.acquire_us; frame_timing.record_us = submit_timing.record_us; frame_timing.submit_us = submit_timing.submit_us; frame_timing.present_us = submit_timing.present_us; frame_ring.push(frame_timing); @@ -701,6 +708,11 @@ fn runTerminal(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void { writeBenchJson(alloc, final_stats, bench_script) catch |err| { std.log.warn("bench_json write failed: {s}", .{@errorName(err)}); }; if (std.posix.getenv("WAYSTTY_BENCH_CSV")) |csv_path| { bench_stats.writeFrameCsv(csv_path, &frame_ring) catch |err| { std.log.warn("bench_csv write failed: {s}", .{@errorName(err)}); }; } _ = try ctx.vkd.deviceWaitIdle(ctx.device); } @@ -2620,7 +2632,7 @@ fn runDrawSmokeTest(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void { if (!frame_loop.canRender()) continue; const baseline_coverage = renderer.coverageVariantParams(.baseline); ctx.drawCells(1, .{ cell_w, cell_h }, .{ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 }, baseline_coverage) catch |err| switch (err) { ctx.drawCells(1, .{ cell_w, cell_h }, .{ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 }, baseline_coverage, null) catch |err| switch (err) { error.OutOfDateKHR => { _ = try ctx.vkd.deviceWaitIdle(ctx.device); try ctx.recreateSwapchain(window.width, window.height); diff --git a/src/renderer.zig b/src/renderer.zig index 57eb3ca..7ee6e29 100644 --- a/src/renderer.zig +++ b/src/renderer.zig @@ -1679,6 +1679,17 @@ pub const Context = struct { self.vkd.cmdDraw(cmd, 6, instance_count, 0, 0); } /// Optional per-stage timings populated by `drawCells` when the caller /// passes a non-null pointer. Useful for splitting the "gpu_submit" /// section into its constituent waits/records/submits in bench builds. pub const SubmitTiming = struct { wait_fences_us: u32 = 0, acquire_us: u32 = 0, record_us: u32 = 0, submit_us: u32 = 0, present_us: u32 = 0, }; /// Full draw pass: bind pipeline, push constants, vertex + instance buffers, draw, present. pub fn drawCells( self: *Context, @@ -1686,10 +1697,22 @@ pub const Context = struct { cell_size: [2]f32, clear_color: [4]f32, coverage_params: [2]f32, timing_out: ?*SubmitTiming, ) !void { var timer = if (timing_out != null) std.time.Timer.start() catch unreachable else undefined; const readTimer = struct { fn read(t: *std.time.Timer) u32 { return @intCast(t.read() / std.time.ns_per_us); } }.read; // Wait for previous frame to finish _ = try self.vkd.waitForFences(self.device, 1, @ptrCast(&self.in_flight_fence), .true, std.math.maxInt(u64)); try self.vkd.resetFences(self.device, 1, @ptrCast(&self.in_flight_fence)); if (timing_out) |t| { t.wait_fences_us = readTimer(&timer); timer.reset(); } // Acquire next image const acquire = self.vkd.acquireNextImageKHR( @@ -1704,6 +1727,10 @@ pub const Context = struct { }; if (swapchainNeedsRebuild(acquire.result)) return error.OutOfDateKHR; const image_index = acquire.image_index; if (timing_out) |t| { t.acquire_us = readTimer(&timer); timer.reset(); } // Record command buffer try self.vkd.resetCommandBuffer(self.command_buffer, .{}); @@ -1736,6 +1763,10 @@ pub const Context = struct { self.vkd.cmdEndRenderPass(self.command_buffer); try self.vkd.endCommandBuffer(self.command_buffer); if (timing_out) |t| { t.record_us = readTimer(&timer); timer.reset(); } // Submit const wait_stage = vk.PipelineStageFlags{ .color_attachment_output_bit = true }; @@ -1748,6 +1779,10 @@ pub const Context = struct { .signal_semaphore_count = 1, .p_signal_semaphores = @ptrCast(&self.render_finished), }), self.in_flight_fence); if (timing_out) |t| { t.submit_us = readTimer(&timer); timer.reset(); } // Present const present_result = self.vkd.queuePresentKHR(self.present_queue, &vk.PresentInfoKHR{ @@ -1761,6 +1796,7 @@ pub const Context = struct { else => return err, }; if (swapchainNeedsRebuild(present_result)) return error.OutOfDateKHR; if (timing_out) |t| t.present_us = readTimer(&timer); } /// Render `instance_data` into the offscreen target and copy the rendered