sdk/fidl/fuchsia.cpu.profiler/profiler.fidl

// Copyright 2023 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
library fuchsia.cpu.profiler;
using zx;
using fuchsia.component;
using fuchsia.url;

/// Curated set of platform independent IDs
type CounterId = flexible enum : uint8 {
    /// A counter increments each nanosecond
    NANOSECONDS = 0;
    /// A counter increments each cpu cycle
    CYCLES = 1;
    /// A counter increments on each instruction retired
    INSTRUCTIONS_RETIRED = 2;
    /// A counter increments on each branch correctly predicted
    BRANCHES_PREDICTED = 3;
    /// A counter increments on each branch mispredicted
    BRANCHES_MISPREDIDCTED = 4;
};

type Counter = flexible union {
    /// Curated set of platform independent ids that get converted into the
    /// appropriate hardware specific counter id.
    1: platform_independent CounterId;

    /// In the case a counter is not widely supported across
    /// platform or not included in the curated set, one can
    /// specify a platform dependent id that will not get
    /// converted.
    2: platform_dependent uint32;
};

/// Various approaches to obtaining
type CallgraphStrategy = flexible enum : uint8 {
    /// Don't try to get a callgraph
    NONE = 0;
    /// Copy out stack memory and attempt to parse the DWARF info.
    /// This is the slowest and most memory intensive of the approaches, but
    /// gives the most accurate callgraphs. Parsing dwarf allows the callgraph
    /// to trace inlined and leaf functions which other approaches do not
    /// support.
    DWARF = 1;
    /// Intel CPUs support a hardware feature called Last Branch Records (LBR)s
    /// which record up to the last 32 calls made depending on hardware version.
    /// On supported CPUs, this is a low overhead approach to finding the
    /// callgraph with the caveat that stacks that exceed 32 calls in depth will
    /// overflow the hardware buffer.
    LAST_BRANCH_RECORD = 2;
    /// arm and riscv support shadow call stacks which are an efficient way for us
    /// to find and copy out the call stack. However, leaf functions and code
    /// compiled without shadow callstack support, such as the vdso will not
    /// appear in the returned callgraph.
    SHADOW_CALL_STACK = 3;
    /// A general approach of parsing the frame pointers of the callstack. Frame
    /// pointers are supported across architectures and are slightly more
    /// expensive than the lbrs or shadow call stacks, but much cheaper than
    /// parsing dwarf. Code compiled with omitted frame pointers and inlined
    /// functions will not appear in the resulting stacks.
    FRAME_POINTER = 4;
};

type CallgraphConfig = table {
    1: strategy CallgraphStrategy;
};

type Sample = table {
    /// Whether the profiler should include callgraph information and if so,
    /// what strategy it should use.
    1: callgraph CallgraphConfig;
    /// The value of a counter since the last sample
    2: counters vector<Counter>:64;
};

/// An adhoc set of running tasks to attach to.
type Task = flexible union {
    /// Profile a process and all threads associated with it
    1: process zx.Koid;
    /// Profile a single thread
    2: thread zx.Koid;
    /// Profile a job and all processes and threads associated with it
    3: job zx.Koid;
};

/// A test to launch and attach to
type TestConfig = table {
    /// The url of the test to launch
    1: url fuchsia.url.Url;
    /// Test case filters to limit the test run to
    2: filters vector<string:MAX>:MAX;
    /// Optional realm in which the test will be run
    3: realm string:fuchsia.component.MAX_MONIKER_LENGTH;
};

/// A component to optionally launch and attach to
type ComponentConfig = table {
    /// The url of the component to launch
    1: url fuchsia.url.Url;

    /// If a component exists with the given moniker, attach to it, else launch
    /// the component specified by the given url at the moniker
    2: moniker string:fuchsia.component.MAX_MONIKER_LENGTH;
};

/// A target may be an adhoc set of tasks, or one defined by a component/test
type TargetConfig = flexible union {
    /// An adhoc set of threads/processes/jobs
    1: tasks vector<Task>:64;
    /// Profile a component and all tasks it launches
    2: component ComponentConfig;
    /// Profile a test and all tasks it launches
    3: test TestConfig;
};

/// Profiling information about the profile itself
type SamplingConfig = table {
    /// How many ticks of the counter should occur between each sample
    1: period uint64;
    /// The counter to the rate on
    2: timebase Counter;
    /// What information the profiler will write when it takes
    /// a sample.
    3: sample Sample;
};

/// When a config has multiple SamplingConfigs, the session applies each
/// SamplingConfig to the TargetConfig.
type Config = table {
    1: configs vector<SamplingConfig>:64;
    2: target TargetConfig;
};

@discoverable
closed protocol Session {
    /// Set up and prepare to profile
    strict Configure(resource table {
        1: output zx.Handle:SOCKET;
        2: config Config;
    }) -> () error flexible enum : uint32 {
        BAD_SOCKET = 1;
        BAD_STATE = 2;
        INVALID_CONFIGURATION = 3;
    };

    /// Begin profiling and optionally begin writing data to the configured
    /// socket
    strict Start(table {
        /// If true, delays writing data to the output socket until the profiling
        /// session ends. This reduces overhead, but also caps the maximum output
        /// size to the requested buffer size.
        1: buffer_size_mb uint64;
        2: buffer_results bool;
    }) -> () error flexible enum : uint32 {
        BAD_STATE = 1;
    };

    /// End the profiling session and write out data to the earlier
    /// configured socket if not already writing.
    strict Stop() -> (table {
        1: samples_collected uint64;
        2: mean_sample_time uint64;
        3: median_sample_time uint64;
        4: min_sample_time uint64;
        5: max_sample_time uint64;
    });

    /// Clean up and unconfigure the profiler. Flushes the remaining data and
    /// closes the provided socket. Doesn't return until all data has been
    /// successfully written.
    strict Reset() -> ();
};