hermes/lib/VM/Profiler/SamplingProfilerPosix.cpp at master · JavaScriptBench/hermes

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 * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
#include "hermes/VM/Profiler/SamplingProfiler.h"
#ifdef HERMESVM_SAMPLING_PROFILER_POSIX
#include "hermes/Support/ThreadLocal.h"
#include "hermes/VM/Callable.h"
#include "hermes/VM/HostModel.h"
#include "hermes/VM/Profiler/ChromeTraceSerializerPosix.h"
#include "hermes/VM/RuntimeModule-inline.h"
#include "hermes/VM/StackFrame-inline.h"
#include "llvh/Support/Compiler.h"
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <cassert>
#include <chrono>
#include <cmath>
#include <csignal>
#include <random>
#include <thread>
namespace hermes {
namespace vm {
/// Name of the semaphore.
const char *const kSamplingDoneSemaphoreName = "/samplingDoneSem";
std::atomic<SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler *>
    SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::instance_{nullptr};
std::atomic<bool> SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::handlerSyncFlag_{false};
void SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::registerRuntime(
    SamplingProfiler *profiler) {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(profilerLock_);
  profilers_.insert(profiler);
  threadLocalProfiler_.set(profiler);
void SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::unregisterRuntime(
    SamplingProfiler *profiler) {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(profilerLock_);
  bool succeed = profilers_.erase(profiler);
  // TODO: should we allow recursive style
  // register/register -> unregister/unregister call?
  assert(succeed && "How can runtime not registered yet?");
  (void)succeed;
  threadLocalProfiler_.set(nullptr);
void SamplingProfiler::registerDomain(Domain *domain) {
  // If domain is not already registered, add it to the list.
  auto it = std::find(domains_.begin(), domains_.end(), domain);
  if (it == domains_.end())
    domains_.push_back(domain);
void SamplingProfiler::markRoots(RootAcceptor &acceptor) {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(runtimeDataLock_);
  for (Domain *&domain : domains_) {
    acceptor.acceptPtr(domain);
int SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::invokeSignalAction(void (*handler)(int)) {
  struct sigaction actions;
  memset(&actions, 0, sizeof(actions));
  sigemptyset(&actions.sa_mask);
  actions.sa_flags = 0;
  actions.sa_handler = handler;
  return sigaction(SIGPROF, &actions, nullptr);
bool SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::registerSignalHandlers() {
  if (isSigHandlerRegistered_) {
    return true;
  if (invokeSignalAction(profilingSignalHandler) != 0) {
    perror("signal handler registration failed");
    return false;
  isSigHandlerRegistered_ = true;
  return true;
bool SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::unregisterSignalHandler() {
  if (!isSigHandlerRegistered_) {
    return true;
  // Restore to default.
  if (invokeSignalAction(SIG_DFL) != 0) {
    perror("signal handler unregistration failed");
    return false;
  isSigHandlerRegistered_ = false;
  return true;
void SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::profilingSignalHandler(int signo) {
  // Ensure that writes made on the timer thread before setting this flag are
  // correctly acquired.
  while (!handlerSyncFlag_.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
  // Avoid spoiling errno in a signal handler by storing the old version and
  // re-assigning it.
  auto oldErrno = errno;
  // Fetch runtime used by this sampling thread.
  auto profilerInstance = instance_.load();
  auto *localProfiler = profilerInstance->threadLocalProfiler_.get();
  auto *curThreadRuntime = localProfiler->runtime_;
  if (curThreadRuntime == nullptr) {
    // Runtime may have unregistered itself before signal.
    errno = oldErrno;
    return;
  // Sampling stack will touch GC objects(like closure) so
  // only do so if heap is valid.
  if (LLVM_LIKELY(!curThreadRuntime->getHeap().inGC())) {
    assert(
        profilerInstance != nullptr &&
        "Why is GlobalProfiler::instance_ not initialized yet?");
    profilerInstance->sampledStackDepth_ = localProfiler->walkRuntimeStack(
        profilerInstance->sampleStorage_, SaveDomains::Yes);
    // GC in process. Copy pre-captured stack instead.
    if (localProfiler->preGCStackDepth_ > 0) {
      profilerInstance->sampleStorage_ = localProfiler->preGCStackStorage_;
      profilerInstance->sampledStackDepth_ = localProfiler->preGCStackDepth_;
    } else {
      // This GC (like mallocGC) did not record JS stack.
      // TODO: fix this for all GCs.
      profilerInstance->sampledStackDepth_ = 0;
  // Ensure that writes made in the handler are visible to the timer thread.
  handlerSyncFlag_.store(false);
  if (!instance_.load()->samplingDoneSem_.notifyOne()) {
    errno = oldErrno;
    abort(); // Something is wrong.
  errno = oldErrno;
bool SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::sampleStack() {
  for (SamplingProfiler *localProfiler : profilers_) {
    auto targetThreadId = localProfiler->currentThread_;
    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(localProfiler->runtimeDataLock_);
    // Ensure there are no allocations in the signal handler by keeping ample
    // reserved space.
    localProfiler->domains_.reserve(
        localProfiler->domains_.size() + kMaxStackDepth);
    size_t domainCapacityBefore = localProfiler->domains_.capacity();
    (void)domainCapacityBefore;
    // Guarantee that the runtime thread will not proceed until it has acquired
    // the updates to domains_.
    handlerSyncFlag_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
    // Signal target runtime thread to sample stack.
    pthread_kill(targetThreadId, SIGPROF);
    // Threading: samplingDoneSem_ will synchronise this thread with the signal
    // handler, so that we only have one active signal at a time.
    if (!samplingDoneSem_.wait()) {
      return false;
    // Guarantee that this thread will observe all changes made to data
    // structures in the signal handler.
    while (handlerSyncFlag_.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
    assert(
        localProfiler->domains_.capacity() == domainCapacityBefore &&
        "Must not dynamically allocate in signal handler");
    assert(
        sampledStackDepth_ <= sampleStorage_.stack.size() &&
        "How can we sample more frames than storage?");
    localProfiler->sampledStacks_.emplace_back(
        sampleStorage_.tid,
        sampleStorage_.timeStamp,
        sampleStorage_.stack.begin(),
        sampleStorage_.stack.begin() + sampledStackDepth_);
  return true;
void SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::timerLoop() {
  oscompat::set_thread_name("hermes-sampling-profiler");
  constexpr double kMeanMilliseconds = 10;
  constexpr double kStdDevMilliseconds = 5;
  std::random_device rd{};
  std::mt19937 gen{rd()};
  // The amount of time that is spent sleeping comes from a normal distribution,
  // to avoid the case where the timer thread samples a stack at a predictable
  // period.
  std::normal_distribution<> distribution{
      kMeanMilliseconds, kStdDevMilliseconds};
  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> uniqueLock(profilerLock_);
  while (enabled_) {
    if (!sampleStack()) {
      return;
    const uint64_t millis = round(std::fabs(distribution(gen)));
    // TODO: make sampling rate configurable.
    enabledCondVar_.wait_for(
        uniqueLock, std::chrono::milliseconds(millis), [this]() {
          return !enabled_;
        });
uint32_t SamplingProfiler::walkRuntimeStack(
    StackTrace &sampleStorage,
    SaveDomains saveDomains,
    uint32_t startIndex) {
  unsigned count = startIndex;
  // TODO: capture leaf frame IP.
  const Inst *ip = nullptr;
  for (ConstStackFramePtr frame : runtime_->getStackFrames()) {
    // Whether we successfully captured a stack frame or not.
    bool capturedFrame = true;
    auto &frameStorage = sampleStorage.stack[count];
    // Check if it is pure JS frame.
    auto *calleeCodeBlock = frame.getCalleeCodeBlock();
    if (calleeCodeBlock != nullptr) {
      frameStorage.kind = StackFrame::FrameKind::JSFunction;
      frameStorage.jsFrame.functionId = calleeCodeBlock->getFunctionID();
      frameStorage.jsFrame.offset =
          (ip == nullptr ? 0 : calleeCodeBlock->getOffsetOf(ip));
      auto *module = calleeCodeBlock->getRuntimeModule();
      assert(module != nullptr && "Cannot fetch runtimeModule for code block");
      frameStorage.jsFrame.module = module;
      // Don't execute a read or write barrier here because this is a signal
      // handler.
      if (saveDomains == SaveDomains::Yes)
        registerDomain(module->getDomainForSamplingProfiler());
    } else if (
        auto *nativeFunction =
            dyn_vmcast_or_null<NativeFunction>(frame.getCalleeClosure())) {
      frameStorage.kind = vmisa<FinalizableNativeFunction>(nativeFunction)
          ? StackFrame::FrameKind::FinalizableNativeFunction
          : StackFrame::FrameKind::NativeFunction;
      frameStorage.nativeFrame = nativeFunction->getFunctionPtr();
    } else {
      // TODO: handle BoundFunction.
      capturedFrame = false;
    // Update ip to caller for next iteration.
    ip = frame.getSavedIP();
    if (capturedFrame) {
      ++count;
      if (count >= sampleStorage.stack.size()) {
        break;
  sampleStorage.tid = oscompat::thread_id();
  sampleStorage.timeStamp = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
  return count;
/*static*/ SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler *
SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::get() {
  // We intentionally leak this memory to avoid a case where instance is
  // accessed after it is destroyed during shutdown.
  static GlobalProfiler *instance = new GlobalProfiler{};
  return instance;
SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::GlobalProfiler() {
  instance_.store(this);
#if defined(__ANDROID__) && defined(HERMES_FACEBOOK_BUILD)
  profilo_api()->register_external_tracer_callback(
      TRACER_TYPE_JAVASCRIPT, collectStackForLoom);
bool SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::enabled() {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(profilerLock_);
  return enabled_;
#if defined(__ANDROID__) && defined(HERMES_FACEBOOK_BUILD)
/*static*/ StackCollectionRetcode SamplingProfiler::collectStackForLoom(
    ucontext_t *ucontext,
    int64_t *frames,
    uint16_t *depth,
    uint16_t max_depth) {
  auto profilerInstance = GlobalProfiler::instance_.load();
  SamplingProfiler *localProfiler =
      profilerInstance->threadLocalProfiler_.get();
  Runtime *curThreadRuntime = localProfiler->runtime_;
  if (curThreadRuntime == nullptr) {
    // No runtime in this thread.
    return StackCollectionRetcode::NO_STACK_FOR_THREAD;
  // Sampling stack will touch GC objects(like closure) so
  // only do so if heap is valid.
  uint32_t sampledStackDepth = 0;
  if (!curThreadRuntime->getHeap().inGC()) {
    assert(
        profilerInstance != nullptr &&
        "Why is GlobalProfiler::instance_ not initialized yet?");
    // Do not register domains for Loom profiling, since we don't use them for
    // symbolication.
    sampledStackDepth = localProfiler->walkRuntimeStack(
        profilerInstance->sampleStorage_, SaveDomains::No);
    // TODO: log "GC in process" meta event.
    sampledStackDepth = 0;
  // Loom stack frames are encoded like this:
  //   1. Most significant bit of 64bits address is set for native frame.
  //   2. JS frame: module id in high 32 bits, address virtual offset in lower
  //   32 bits, with MSB unset.
  //   3. Native/Finalizable frame: address returned with MSB set.
  // TODO: enhance this when supporting more frame types.
  sampledStackDepth = std::min(sampledStackDepth, (uint32_t)max_depth);
  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < sampledStackDepth; ++i) {
    constexpr uint64_t kNativeFrameMask = ((uint64_t)1 << 63);
    const StackFrame &stackFrame = profilerInstance->sampleStorage_.stack[i];
    switch (stackFrame.kind) {
      case StackFrame::FrameKind::JSFunction: {
        auto *bcProvider = stackFrame.jsFrame.module->getBytecode();
        uint32_t virtualOffset = bcProvider->getVirtualOffsetForFunction(
                                     stackFrame.jsFrame.functionId) +
            stackFrame.jsFrame.offset;
        uint32_t segmentID = bcProvider->getSegmentID();
        uint64_t frameAddress = ((uint64_t)segmentID << 32) + virtualOffset;
        assert(
            (frameAddress & kNativeFrameMask) == 0 &&
            "Module id should take less than 32 bits");
        frames[i] = frameAddress;
        break;
      case StackFrame::FrameKind::NativeFunction:
        frames[i] = ((uint64_t)stackFrame.nativeFrame | kNativeFrameMask);
        break;
      case StackFrame::FrameKind::FinalizableNativeFunction:
        frames[i] =
            ((uint64_t)stackFrame.finalizableNativeFrame | kNativeFrameMask);
        break;
      default:
        llvm_unreachable("Loom: unknown frame kind");
  *depth = sampledStackDepth;
  if (*depth == 0) {
    return StackCollectionRetcode::EMPTY_STACK;
  return StackCollectionRetcode::SUCCESS;
SamplingProfiler::SamplingProfiler(Runtime *runtime)
    : currentThread_{pthread_self()}, runtime_{runtime} {
  threadNames_[oscompat::thread_id()] = oscompat::thread_name();
  GlobalProfiler::get()->registerRuntime(this);
SamplingProfiler::~SamplingProfiler() {
  GlobalProfiler::get()->unregisterRuntime(this);
void SamplingProfiler::dumpSampledStackGlobal(llvh::raw_ostream &OS) {
  auto globalProfiler = GlobalProfiler::get();
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(globalProfiler->profilerLock_);
  if (!globalProfiler->profilers_.empty()) {
    auto *localProfiler = *globalProfiler->profilers_.begin();
    localProfiler->dumpSampledStack(OS);
void SamplingProfiler::dumpSampledStack(llvh::raw_ostream &OS) {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(runtimeDataLock_);
  OS << "dumpSamples called from runtime\n";
  OS << "Total " << sampledStacks_.size() << " samples\n";
  for (unsigned i = 0; i < sampledStacks_.size(); ++i) {
    auto &sample = sampledStacks_[i];
    uint64_t timeStamp = sample.timeStamp.time_since_epoch().count();
    OS << "[" << i << "]: tid[" << sample.tid << "], ts[" << timeStamp << "] ";
    // Leaf frame is in sample[0] so dump it backward to
    // get root => leaf represenation.
    for (auto iter = sample.stack.rbegin(); iter != sample.stack.rend();
         ++iter) {
      const StackFrame &frame = *iter;
      switch (frame.kind) {
        case StackFrame::FrameKind::JSFunction:
          OS << "[JS] " << frame.jsFrame.functionId << ":"
             << frame.jsFrame.offset;
          break;
        case StackFrame::FrameKind::NativeFunction:
          OS << "[Native] " << reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(frame.nativeFrame);
          break;
        case StackFrame::FrameKind::FinalizableNativeFunction:
          OS << "[HostFunction]";
          break;
        default:
          llvm_unreachable("Unknown frame kind");
      OS << " => ";
    OS << "\n";
void SamplingProfiler::dumpChromeTraceGlobal(llvh::raw_ostream &OS) {
  auto globalProfiler = GlobalProfiler::get();
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(globalProfiler->profilerLock_);
  if (!globalProfiler->profilers_.empty()) {
    auto *localProfiler = *globalProfiler->profilers_.begin();
    localProfiler->dumpChromeTrace(OS);
void SamplingProfiler::dumpChromeTrace(llvh::raw_ostream &OS) {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(runtimeDataLock_);
  auto pid = getpid();
  ChromeTraceSerializer serializer(
      ChromeTraceFormat::create(pid, threadNames_, sampledStacks_));
  serializer.serialize(OS);
bool SamplingProfiler::enable() {
  return GlobalProfiler::get()->enable();
bool SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::enable() {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(profilerLock_);
  if (enabled_) {
    return true;
  if (!samplingDoneSem_.open(kSamplingDoneSemaphoreName)) {
    return false;
  if (!registerSignalHandlers()) {
    return false;
  enabled_ = true;
  // Start timer thread.
  timerThread_ = std::thread(&GlobalProfiler::timerLoop, this);
  return true;
bool SamplingProfiler::disable() {
  return GlobalProfiler::get()->disable();
bool SamplingProfiler::GlobalProfiler::disable() {
    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(profilerLock_);
    if (!enabled_) {
      // Already disabled.
      return true;
    if (!samplingDoneSem_.close()) {
      return false;
    // Unregister handlers before shutdown.
    if (!unregisterSignalHandler()) {
      return false;
    // Telling timer thread to exit.
    enabled_ = false;
  // Notify the timer thread that it has been disabled.
  enabledCondVar_.notify_all();
  // Wait for timer thread to exit. This avoids the timer thread reading from
  // memory that is freed after a main thread exits. This is outside the lock
  // on profilerLock_ since the timer thread needs to acquire that lock.
  timerThread_.join();
  return true;
void SamplingProfiler::clear() {
  sampledStacks_.clear();
  // Release all strong roots to domains.
  domains_.clear();
  // TODO: keep thread names that are still in use.
  threadNames_.clear();
void SamplingProfiler::onGCEvent(
    GCEventKind kind,
    const std::string &extraInfo) {
      !runtime_->getHeap().inGC() &&
      "Cannot be in a GC when setting a GC event");
  switch (kind) {
    case GCEventKind::CollectionStart: {
      assert(
          preGCStackDepth_ == 0 && "preGCStackDepth_ is not reset after GC?");
      if (LLVM_LIKELY(!GlobalProfiler::get()->enabled())) {
        return;
      recordPreGCStack(extraInfo);
      break;
    case GCEventKind::CollectionEnd:
      preGCStackDepth_ = 0;
      break;
    default:
      llvm_unreachable("Unknown GC event");
void SamplingProfiler::recordPreGCStack(const std::string &extraInfo) {
  GCFrameInfo gcExtraInfo = nullptr;
  if (!extraInfo.empty()) {
    std::pair<std::unordered_set<std::string>::iterator, bool> retPair =
        gcEventExtraInfoSet_.insert(extraInfo);
    gcExtraInfo = &(*(retPair.first));
  auto &leafFrame = preGCStackStorage_.stack[0];
  leafFrame.kind = StackFrame::FrameKind::GCFrame;
  leafFrame.gcFrame = gcExtraInfo;
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(runtimeDataLock_);
  // Leaf frame slot has been used, filling from index 1.
  preGCStackDepth_ = walkRuntimeStack(preGCStackStorage_, SaveDomains::Yes, 1);
bool operator==(
    const SamplingProfiler::StackFrame &left,
    const SamplingProfiler::StackFrame &right) {
  if (left.kind != right.kind) {
    return false;
  switch (left.kind) {
    case SamplingProfiler::StackFrame::FrameKind::JSFunction:
      return left.jsFrame.functionId == right.jsFrame.functionId &&
          left.jsFrame.offset == right.jsFrame.offset;
    case SamplingProfiler::StackFrame::FrameKind::NativeFunction:
      return left.nativeFrame == right.nativeFrame;
    case SamplingProfiler::StackFrame::FrameKind::FinalizableNativeFunction:
      return left.finalizableNativeFrame == right.finalizableNativeFrame;
    case SamplingProfiler::StackFrame::FrameKind::GCFrame:
      return left.gcFrame == right.gcFrame;
    default:
      llvm_unreachable("Unknown frame kind");
} // namespace vm
} // namespace hermes
#endif // HERMESVM_SAMPLING_PROFILER_POSIX
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